The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported Friday that Hurricane Vance had sustained winds of 90 mph over the eastern Pacific and forecast more strengthening and life-threatening surf along Mexico’s southern and southwestern coasts.
At 11 a.m. ET (15:00 UTC), Vance’s center was about 455 miles (730 kilometers) south-southwest of Acapulco and 590 miles (950 kilometers) southeast of Manzanillo. It was moving northwest at five mph, with a minimum central pressure of 979 millibars.
The NHC forecast Vance to strengthen steadily or rapidly through Saturday morning and become a major hurricane. It forecasts Vance to weaken slowly Saturday night and Sunday.
The agency warned that Vance’s swells could bring life-threatening surf and rip-current conditions to southern and southwestern Mexico starting this weekend and continuing into next week. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect Friday morning.
The NHC had forecast hurricane strength by Thursday in an earlier outlook, a projection covered in EconoTimes’ earlier report on Vance.
The NHC said it planned to issue its next complete advisory at 5 p.m. ET Friday (21:00 UTC).
