Tropical storm Sandra: Hurricane force winds in 24 hours?
Tropical storm Sandra, the 18th named storm of the season, is now off the western coast of Mexico. It's expected to strengthen and move toward the US and Mexico later this week.聽
Tropical storm Sandra, the 18th named storm of the season, is now off the western coast of Mexico. It's expected to strengthen and move toward the US and Mexico later this week.聽
Tropical Storm Sandra has formed in the eastern Pacific well south of Mexico and is expected to later strengthen to a hurricane.
The storm's maximum sustained winds Tuesday morning are near 45 mph (75 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Sandra is expected to become a Cat. 1 hurricane (74-95 mph winds) on Wednesday.
The National Hurricane Center reports that as of 3 a.m. Central time Tuesday:
The storm is centered about 570 miles (915 kilometers) south of Manzanillo, Mexico, and is moving west near 13 mph (20 kph)
Sandra is the 18th named storm聽of the 2015 eastern North Pacific hurricane season.