California - Hurricane Bud Building In Pacific, Could Hit US West Coast

Hurricane Bud, currently building on the west coast of Mexico, was forecasted to strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane by Tuesday or Wednesday. Even though farmers would welcome rainfall accompanying the hurricane, the weather forecasters at Accuweather state that they expect it to bring flash floods as well.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bud</a> has strengthened into the second <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hurricane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hurricane</a> of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season. A <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tropical?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tropical</a> storm watch has been issued for the southwestern coast of Mexico: <a href="https://t.co/5r2YyLLyjc">https://t.co/5r2YyLLyjc</a> <a href="https://t.co/zoAGo6i5Qc">pic.twitter.com/zoAGo6i5Qc</a></p>&mdash; The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) <a href="https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/1005927809674612737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Current conditions have caused a drought in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado (where wildfires are spreading, see our related coverage).

Related coverage: http://thegoldwater.com/news/28409-Colorado-Mandatory-Evacuations-As-Wildfires-Continue-To-Spread-Video

At the time of writing, Bud was packing winds of 80mph and located near Manzanillo, Mexico. The forecast models predict Bud to grow into a 110 miles per hour storm of Category 2 which would reach the US West Coast or the Mexican Los Cabos resort by Thursday or Friday at the latest.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">While we&#39;re watching and waiting in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtlanticBasin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AtlanticBasin</a>…two systems are churning the Eastern Pacific and Bud&#39;s now a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hurricane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hurricane</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WFTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WFTV</a> <a href="https://t.co/oLGvukKUrc">pic.twitter.com/oLGvukKUrc</a></p>&mdash; George Waldenberger (@GWaldenWFTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/GWaldenWFTV/status/1005923013521534976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Given the currently strong developing El Nino undercurrent, the Pacific hurricane season is forecasted to be quite active this year.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At its strongest, Bud should be a 115-mph Category 3 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. <a href="https://t.co/OlHsoyt2Df">https://t.co/OlHsoyt2Df</a></p>&mdash; USA TODAY (@USATODAY) <a href="https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1005955287612821505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Accuweather claimed that the storm is " likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions" along the west coast of Mexico whilst rain from Bud "could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides in higher terrain."

Source:

http://www.tampabay.com/hurricane-bud-strengthens-pacific-off-mexico-as-aletta-fades-ap_worldc48965a864ab4409aca27446fa56de4b