Overview
- Hurricane Barbara is a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph centered about 155 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.
- Outer bands are producing two to four inches of rain in Guerrero, Colima, Michoacán and Jalisco and driving life-threatening surf and rip currents along the coast.
- Tropical Storm Cosme, located roughly 630 miles south-southwest of Baja California, is expected to intensify into a hurricane Monday before weakening rapidly through midweek.
- Both storms are forecast to remain offshore and weaken to tropical depressions by Wednesday, with dissipation expected before the weekend.
- Three named storms by early June mark an unusually active start as NOAA predicts 12 to 18 named storms this season, with five to ten becoming hurricanes.