Overview

• Mexico’s meteorological service says the center is likely to move over the Los Cabos–La Paz area this afternoon before crossing the Gulf of California and weakening into a remnant by Sunday.
• At 4 a.m. ET, the NHC placed Raymond about 235 km south-southeast of the Baja California peninsula’s southern tip, moving northwest near 26 km/h with sustained winds near 75–85 km/h and higher gusts.
• The Government of Mexico has tropical-storm warnings from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes including the Islas Marías, and from Los Barriles to Santa Fe in Baja California Sur, with dangerous surf reaching southern Baja later today.
• Forecasts call for very heavy rain across Baja California Sur, Sonora, and broad swaths of western, central and southeastern Mexico, with localized totals over 150 mm, wind gusts of 70–90 km/h and waves of 3–5 meters.
• Media reports note severe impacts already tied to the ongoing rains linked to Raymond and the remnants of Priscilla, including at least 28 deaths, flooded facilities, damaged homes and school suspensions.