Tropical depression in Mexico LIVE: where is it in real time and where is possible Hurricane Roslyn headed

An area of ​​low pressure that is located south of the coasts of Oaxaca and Guerrero, could intensify this Wednesday night to a tropical depression and has the potential to become a hurricane on Friday and impact states in western Mexico. Mexico, reported this Wednesday the National Meteorological Service (SMN). “The center of the low pressure was located at 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. GMT), approximately 200 kilometers (km) south-southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero and moving west-northwest,” reported the press conference remotely. coordinator of the SMN, Alejandra Méndez Girón.

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He added that the cloudiness of the system is causing clouds and intermittent rains over the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero “During the night of this Wednesday, the system is expected to intensify to Tropical depressionoff the coast of Warrior with winds of 45 to 62 kilometers per hour (km / h), “he added.

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He explained that the tropical depression will continue to move off the coast of Guerrero and Michoacán where on Thursday he could “reach the tropical storm category with winds of 63 to 118 km/h and would bear the name of Roslyn.

Méndez Girón stated that “As of Friday, the system is expected to intensify into a hurricane and move parallel to the coasts of the states of Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco, and the place of impact of the hurricane will depend on the movement of an anticyclonic system. located in the northwest of the country and in the center of the Pacific coast.

Because of this, he said, the possible places of impact could be the coasts of Jalisco, Colima and Nayaritbefore which he asked the population of the aforementioned states to be attentive to the notices of the SMN and Civil Protection.

The head of the SMN explained that, On its way, the system will leave intense rains in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit and southern Sinaloa.

So far, in the 2022 season in Mexico, cyclones Agatha, Blas, Celia, Darby, Estelle, Frank, Georgette, Howard, Ivette, Javier, Kay, Lester, Madeline, Newton, Orlene and Paine have formed in the Pacific Ocean.

Agatha, Darby, Kay and Orlene reached a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Last May, the Mexican authorities predicted the formation of up to 40 named cyclones by 2022, which they described as an “active season”, and they predicted that of the total number of tropical cyclones generated, at least 5 would impact the country.

Source: Elcomercio

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