Tropical Storm ‘Lidia’ Emerges in Mexican Pacific, Bringing Heavy Rain

Tropical storm ‘Lidia’ emerged this Tuesday in the Mexican Pacific, where it will cause rain in the western states, reported the National Meteorological Service (SMN).

During its formation, the storm was located 815 kilometers south-southwest of Punta San Telmo, state of Michoacán, and 850 kilometers south-southwest of the port of Manzanillo, Colima, the National Water Commission (Conagua) said.

The phenomenon presents sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, with gusts of 85 kilometers per hour and a movement towards the west-northwest at 15 kilometers per hour, the report detailed.

The forecast estimates that Lidia will become a category 1 hurricane on Friday, although its expected path moves away from Mexican territory.

In which entities will it rain?

The storm will leave this Tuesday “heavy to very heavy rains in Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán”, states on the Pacific coast.

For this reason, the SMN asked “to take extreme precautions for the general population in the areas of the mentioned states due to rain, wind and waves, including maritime navigation, and to comply with the recommendations issued by the authorities of the National Civil Protection System.”

Lidia is the twelfth named cyclone of this season in the Pacific, where Adrian, Beatriz, Calvin, Dora, Eugene, Fernanda, Greg, Hilary, Irwin, Jova and Kenneth have also formed.

Of them, the most damaging has been Hilary, which left four dead in August in the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur and Sinaloa.

The Government of Mexico predicted in May the formation of up to 38 named cyclones in the 2023 season, of which five would hit the country.

Of that number, between 16 and 22 systems could occur in the Pacific Ocean, and between 10 and 16 in the Atlantic.

The cold front season begins in Mexico

Conagua announced that for the remainder of 2023 there will be 21 cold fronts. The season in total will bring 56, so by 2024 35 will arrive.

The cold front season occurs because the cold air masses that come from Canada and the United States move towards our country, so temperatures drop, there are also strong winds and rain, explains Conagua.

The cold fronts of 2023 begin in September and end in May 2024. The most affected states are usually those in the northeast, north, northwest, center and east of the country.

2023-10-03 22:57:36
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