Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly to Category 4 strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast, with it set to lash the south west of the US with heavy rain by the weekend.
The National Hurricane Center said Hilary’s maximum sustained winds had risen to 140mph at midnight and was expected to intensify through Friday morning.
No tropical storm has made landfall in Southern California since September 25, 1939, according to the NWS. World War II had started just 24 days earlier.
Areas such as Palm Springs could see up to four inches of rain, marking 20 times its average rainfall during August and would almost double the total rainfall it received in the past calendar year, the Desert Sun reported.
Town like Thermal could see up to six inches, while the San Jacinto Mountains could see anywhere from seven to nine inches.
Areas such as Palm Springs could see up to four inches of rain, marking 20 times its average rainfall during August and would almost double the total rainfall it received in the past calendar year, the Desert Sun reported.
Town like Thermal could see up to six inches, while the San Jacinto Mountains could see anywhere from seven to nine inches.
Locations across the San Diego area are offering free sand and sandbags to help prepare in coastal areas, according to Fox 5.
Up and down Southern California, workers were preparing the beaches to try and handle the intense waters.
The storm was expected to grow into a Category 4 hurricane Friday while on a projected path that threatened landfall on the central Baja California peninsula by Sunday or possibly keep just offshore while heading for Southern California.
Hilary was centered about 445 miles south of Los Cabos on the southern tip of the Baja peninsula.
It was moving west-northwest at 14 miles per hour, but was expected to take a more northward heading in the coming days.
The hurricane center said that as Hilary moves onto or brushes the Baja peninsula, it could possibly survive briefly as a tropical storm or tropical depression and cross the US border.
‘Rainfall impacts from Hilary within the Southwestern United States are expected to peak this weekend into Monday,’ the hurricane center said. ‘Flash, urban, and arroyo flooding is possible with the potential for significant impacts.’
The area potentially affected by heavy rainfall could stretch from Bakersfield, California, to Yuma, Arizona, as well as some parts of southern Nevada.
The outlook for excessive rainfall in Southern California stretches from Sunday to Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles weather office…Source – Read More!
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