First storm of season moves away from México, but there’s rain forecast here
- by crv.staff
- 25.06.09
- 3:29 PM UTC
- Filed in Costa Rica
Tropical Storm Andres, the first named Pacific storm of the season was reported moving away from the Mexican mainland early today by the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The storm has winds of about 70 mph (110 kph) and is moving west-northwest at about 10 mph (17 kph), the center said. The storm is expected to weaken.
It appears that the storm will pass west of Baja California into the Pacific.
The hurricane center upgraded Andres from a tropical storm to a hurricane Tuesday, but then it weakened to a tropical storm by 6 p.m.
On the Atlantic front there are no low pressure areas that could become a tropical depression or a storm anywhere between the Caribbean and the African coast.
This is where most of the storms that have an indirect effect on Costa Rica originate.
There is a low pressure area off the Pacific coast that is boosting winds in the Caribbean and in the northern zone. There is a possibility of morning thundershowers in the southern Pacific, said the Instituto Meteorológico National.
The weather institute also predicted heavy thunderstorms during the afternoon in the Central Valley, the northern Pacific and the mountains of the northern zone.
These rains could extend into the night in these areas, the institute said.
Source: AM Costa Rica
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