June 26 (UPI) — The National Hurricane Center said Dora became the first hurricane of the 2017 season when it formed early Monday, and is expected to produce heavy rains and potentially life-threatening conditions.
The NHC said Hurricane Dora, which has maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, is about 150 miles southwest of Mexico’s Manzanillo city in the Colima state.
The NHC said in its Monday morning advisory that the storm system is moving west-northwest — further out into the Pacific Ocean — at a speed of 13 mph.
Forecasters said, though, that swells from Dora are creating potentially life-threatening surf and rip current conditions for the southwestern coast of Mexico.
There are no tropical storm watches or warnings in effect.
Dora is expected to strengthen later Monday, start weakening on Tuesday and dissipate completely by early Friday.
Forecasters expect Dora to drop as many as 2 inches of rain Monday on Mexico’s Guerrero and Michoacán states.
Dora is the first hurricane of either the 2017 Pacific or Atlantic hurricane seasons. It followed six tropical storms — Arlene, Bret and Cindy in the Atlantic and Adrian, Beatriz and Calvin in the Pacific.
#GOES16 captured this awesome visible imagery of Hurricane Dora spinning in the Pacific today. Latest storm info @ https://t.co/cSGOfrM0lG pic.twitter.com/iV3hv7iHED— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) June 26, 2017
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