In the East Pacific this week, AccuWeather hurricane experts are monitoring Tropical Storm Lidia, the 12th named storm in the basin. On Saturday, Lidia was approaching hurricane strength (maximum sustained winds greater than 74 mph, or 119 km/h) as it slowly churned over 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico. The storm is expected to move west-northwestward, parallel to the Mexican coastline, into Sunday and generate swells along the Baja California peninsula and West Coast of M
What was once Hurricane Lidia, the 12th named storm in the Eastern Pacific basin, has lost wind intensity over the mountainous terrain of western Mexico, transitioning to a tropical rainstorm. Lidia formed on Tuesday, Oct. 3, well off the coast of western Mexico. Late Monday, Oct. 9, Lidia reached hurricane strength (maximum sustained winds greater than 74 mph, or 119 km/h). By Tuesday afternoon, Lidia intensified to Category 4 hurricane strength with winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) as it churned ab