Barbara became a hurricane on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said.
An AccuWeather map shows the forecasted movement of Hurricane Barbara as the storm was upgraded to hurricane strength on Monday.Why It Matters
Tropical Storm Barbara became a hurricane on Monday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Barbara is the second named storm of the East Pacific hurricane season, following Alvin which formed in May.
The Eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15 and lasts through November 30.What To Know
A forecast map from AccuWeather showed that Barbara was expected to track northwest off the coast of Mexico through Wednesday.
The NHC said the hurricane was moving at around 10 miles per hour, and this motion was expected to continue in the coming days.
The storm’s outer bands could produce total rainfall amounts of two to four inches along the coastal areas of the Mexican states of Guerrero, Michoacan, Colima, and Jalisco through the end of today, the NHC said, adding that this rainfall has the potential to trigger localized flooding and mudslides.
