Mexico City.– Tropical storm “Francine” formed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tamaulipas and is expected to intensify into a hurricane in the next two days.
At 9:00 a.m., the system was located about 300 kilometers east-southeast of La Pesca, Tamaulipas, and 395 km southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande, on the border of Mexico with the United States.
According to the National Meteorological Service (SMN), “Francine” has maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour (km/h), gusts of 100 and a displacement towards the north-northwest at 7 km/h, which will increase starting tomorrow. The National Hurricane Center of the United States also reported the formation of the tropical storm and predicted that it will intensify into a hurricane in the next two days.
“On the forecast track, ‘Francine’ is expected to be offshore the northern Gulf Coast through Tuesday, and approach the coasts of Louisiana and Texas on Wednesday,” the center said.
“Gradual intensification is expected over the next day with more significant intensification on Tuesday night and Wednesday. ‘Francine’ is expected to become a hurricane before it reaches the US Gulf Coast on Wednesday.” The SMN maintains a watch zone in Tamaulipas for tropical storm effects from Barra del Tordo to the mouth of the Rio Bravo. “The wide circulation of the system will cause extraordinary rains (greater than 250 mm) in Tamaulipas; torrential rains (150 to 250 mm) in Veracruz; intense rains (75 to 150 millimeters) in Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas; very heavy rains (50 to 75 millimeters) in San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo and Tabasco; heavy rains in Tlaxcala, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo, in addition to showers and heavy rains in the center of the country,” it warned.
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