Season's First Hurricane Weakens To Storm

Tropical Storm Andres Off Southwestern Coast Of Mexico, Winds Down To 70 MPH

(AP)  Forecasters say Tropical Storm Andres has weakened from a hurricane off the southwestern coast of Mexico and that it could dump 3 to 6 inches of rain on parts of the country.

The National Hurricane Center says the storm's maximum winds have decreased to 70 mph from near 75 mph earlier Tuesday.

Andres is forecast to weaken even more in the next day.

The center of the storm as of 11 p.m. EDT was about 110 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo.

Andres is moving near 10 mph toward the northwest. It is forecast to track toward the west-northwest and pass very close to or over the southwestern coast of Mexico.

[nordeck52]

They forgot to specify which hurricane season this storm belongs to. The Atlantic hurricanes are the dangerous ones anyway, not the Pacific.

[docpeter1953]

WHAT?????????????????????

Who cares????????????? (Other than the people in possibly Hawaii, Japan and/or China in about a month)

This is a Pacific Ocean hurricane. These very very seldom become a problem for mainland USA as most of them head out to sea (west and Northwest) away from the mainland.

[Sloughfoot]

Humans care!