Tropical Storms Barry and Flossie form off Mexico's coasts

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Two tropical storms formed Sunday connected some of Mexico's coasts, and they are expected to drench the portion for respective days.

Tropical Storm Barry, the 2nd named tempest of this year's Atlantic hurricane season, was located connected the country's southeast coast, astir 50 miles east-southeast of Tuxpan, Mexico and astir 130 miles southeast of Tampico, Mexico, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center successful Miami.

As of the NHC's 2 p.m. update, it had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and was moving northwest astatine 12 mph.

Barry is expected to fortify somewhat earlier it reaches the seashore of southeastern Mexico, earlier rapidly weakening arsenic it moves inland. Forecasters, who issued a tropical tempest warning, said the tempest could dump 3 to six inches of rainfall with an isolated maximum full of 10 inches crossed Veracruz, San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas done Monday.

Meanwhile, disconnected Mexico's southwest coast, Tropical Storm Flossie formed connected Sunday. It was located astir 225 miles southbound of Acapulco and was moving westbound astatine 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.

Flossie is expected to fortify into a hurricane connected Monday oregon Tuesday but volition stay successful unfastened h2o conscionable westbound of Mexico, forecasters said.

The tempest could dump 3 to six inches of rainfall crossed Oaxaca, Guerrero, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco done aboriginal adjacent week.

The Pacific hurricane play began connected May 15, portion the Atlantic hurricane play is from June 1 until Nov. 30, with highest enactment typically occurring betwixt mid-August and mid-October.

NOAA officials predicted a 60% accidental of an "above-normal" Atlantic hurricane season, with betwixt 13 to 19 named storms. Six to 10 of those are expected to fortify into hurricanes, and 3 to 5 could go large hurricanes, forecasters said.

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