![]() The watch was changed to a warning in a Friday night update. The first ever tropical storm watch was issued for parts of Southern California Friday morning, the National Hurricane Center said, extending from the California/Mexico border through Los Angeles County. Hilary is more likely to make landfall in Mexico and cross into California, but if it makes landfall in California as a tropical storm, it would be the first such storm to make landfall in California in nearly 84 years, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ![]() What rapid intensification means for hurricanes Hurricane Dorian lashed the Carolinas with driving rain and fierce winds as it neared the US east coast Thursday after devastating the Bahamas and killing at least 20 people. ![]() The NHC also noted strong winds and heavy rains will hit areas far before they see the hurricane’s center.Īn aerial view of damage from Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019, in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas. The center now projects that Hilary’s core will be “very near the central portion of Baja California Saturday night and move inland over southern California by Sunday night.” The hurricane is moving faster than expected, so Mexico and California are also expected to see impacts sooner than early predictions indicated. Small deviations in the hurricane’s track could change the forecast for the most intense rain and wind. There remains a wide range of outcomes for the strongest winds in the US as the storm moves north over the next couple of days. Hilary is forecast to remain a Category 4 as it approaches Mexico’s Baja California peninsula through Saturday.įorecasters have issued hurricane and tropical storm warnings and watches for Baja California, including the Los Angeles area and extending as far north as Point Mugu in Ventura County, and northwest Mexico as Hilary’s center approaches through the weekend. The storm underwent incredible rapid intensification Thursday into Friday, strengthening from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in just 24 hours. ![]()
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