Pacific Hurricane Marie Weakens to Category 1 Storm; No Warnings in Place: NHC

The most recent report from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, at 8:00 P.M. PDT, indicates that Hurricane Marie is “gradually weakening over colder water.” The storm, located around 1190 kms [740 miles] west of the southern tip of Baja California, has maximum sustained winds of 90 mph – 150 km/h, reducing it to a category 1 hurricane.

Marie is presently moving west-northwest at 14 mph -.22 km/h. The NHC said “this motion is expected to continue through Wednesday. A turn toward the northwest is forecast Wednesday night. Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 60 miles – 95 kms from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 240 miles – 390 kms.

On the current track Marie “will be moving over progressively colder water, and additional weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours,” the NHC said; adding that “Marie is expected to decay to a tropical storm on Wednesday and become post-tropical on Thursday.”

Although there are currently no coastal watches or warnings in effect, the NHC reported that “surf, swells, generated by Marie, will continue to affect much of the Baja California Peninsula, the extreme southern Gulf of California and Southern California through Thursday. Life-threatening surf and rip current conditions are likely as a result of these swells, as well as minor coastal flooding.”

Source: National Hurricane Center

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