Hurricane Barbara advances as a Category 1 off the coast of the Mexican Pacific

Mexico City.- Hurricane Barbara, category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, is advancing off the coasts of the states of Jalisco and Colima, in the Mexican Pacific, reported this Monday the National Meteorological Service (SMN).

The system was located 240 kilometers south-southwest of Playa Pérula, Jalisco, and 245 kilometers southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, according to the most recent update from the agency of the National Water Commission (Conagua) of the Mexican Government.

The meteorological phenomenon continues to move northwest at 17 kilometers per hour (km/h), with sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour (km/h) and gusts of up to 150 km/h, according to the report as of 09:00 hours (15:00 GMT), Central Mexico time.

Its cloud bands will cause heavy rains, between 25 and 50 millimeters, in Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán; as well as showers in Nayarit, between 5 and 25 millimeters.

In addition, weather authorities expect wind gusts of 60 to 80 km/h on the coasts of Jalisco and Colima, and up to 60 km/h on those of Nayarit and Michoacán. They also forecast high waves, between 3.5 and 4.5 meters on the coasts of Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán, and up to 2.5 meters on those of Nayarit. The agency warned that the rainfall could cause landslides, river and stream overflows, as well as flooding in low-lying areas, and urged the population to follow official warnings and heed the recommendations of Civil Protection.

In parallel, the SMN reported that it is monitoring the third tropical storm Cosme, located more than 1,000 kilometers south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur; although it ruled out dangers for the national territory.

“Due to its distance, it does not generate effects on the national territory,” the SMN pointed out.

At the end of May, Tropical Storm Alvin was recorded as the first cyclone of the 2025 season, which began on May 15th.

Mexico anticipates the possible formation of up to 37 named cyclones in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans during the 2025 season, of which five could impact the country. Of that number, between 16 and 20 systems could occur in the Pacific Ocean and between 13 and 17 in the Atlantic.

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In the 2024 hurricane season, three cyclones hit Mexico from the Atlantic: Hurricane Beryl and Storm Chris, in July; and Storm Alberto, in June, when it left six dead in Nuevo León, northern Mexico.

While in the Pacific the blow came with Hurricane John, which made landfall on September 23 as a Category 3 and left 29 dead in the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Michoacán.