Hurricane Flossie has strengthened into a Category 3 storm: See tracker
The hurricane center said early Wednesday morning, July 2, Flossie is located about 315 miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas with maximum sustained winds near 115 mph with higher gusts. The hurricane is moving toward the west-northwest, away from Mexico, and this general motion is expected for the next couple of days.
Hurricane center forecasters said little change in strength is expected Wednesday morning, with "rapid weakening" expected to begin by the end of the day.
Flossie is forecast to produce additional rainfall totals between 1 to 3 inches across coastal portions of the Mexican states of Michoacán, Colima, and Jalisco through Wednesday. Swells generated by the storm are expected to affect portions of the southwestern Mexico coast and the Baja California peninsula during the next few days, which could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.
Another system in the Pacific Ocean has caught the eye of the hurricane center, as the agency said it is monitoring a disturbance several hundred miles offshore of southwestern Mexico.
The NHC said environmental conditions appear conducive for some gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form over the weekend or early next week as the storm moves west-northwestward.
Hurricane center forecasters give this system a 50% chance of formation through the next seven days.
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Hurricane Flossie tracker
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
Hurricane Flossie spaghetti models
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
NHC monitoring system off southeast US coast
Meanwhile in the Atlantic, the hurricane center said it is monitoring an area of low pressure that could develop along the Atlantic or Gulf coasts by this weekend along a weakening frontal boundary.
The NHC said environmental conditions appear "only marginally conducive" for some slow development, but a tropical or subtropical depression could form in the southeast over the weekend or early next week.
"Regardless of development, heavy rainfall is possible across portions of the southeast U.S., particularly across the west-central Florida coast," hurricane center forecasters said Wednesday morning.
Storm tracker
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY. You can follow him on X @GabeHauari or email him at Gdhauari@gannett.com.
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