Overview

• Barbara formed early Sunday off Mexico’s southwest coast with maximum sustained winds near 45 mph and higher gusts.
• The National Hurricane Center projects the storm to intensify into a hurricane on Monday as it moves northwest.
• Rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches are expected through Monday, with isolated 6-inch pockets raising flood and mudslide risks in Guerrero, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco.
• Swells from the storm are generating life-threatening surf and rip current conditions along Mexico’s southwestern shoreline.
• Forecasters warn that the 2025 hurricane season is likely to be active and that understaffing at more than a dozen National Weather Service Gulf Coast offices could complicate U.S. tracking and warnings.