Kay strengthens to hurricane status in path toward Mexico, southwestern US

[RandySF]

A tropical storm AccuWeather meteorologists had been monitoring off the coast of Mexico developed into a Category 1 hurricane Monday afternoon.

The storm, known as Kay, has brought impacts to the Mexican coastline. Intensifying thunderstorms were ongoing near and just off the coast on Sunday, a sign that the system continues to develop.

As of Monday afternoon, Hurricane Kay was located about 305 miles (495 km) southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Kay had sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and was moving west-northwest at 10 mph (17 km/h).

Kay continued to slowly gain wind intensity off the southwest coast of Mexico on Monday. With plenty of warm water at its disposal, as well as conducive atmospheric conditions, Kay has become the eighth storm of the season to reach hurricane status in the East Pacific basin.

While areas of heavy rain will continue in southwestern Mexico over the next few days, a greater concern is focused along the Baja Peninsula. It is along the Baja Peninsula, especially in the elevated terrain, where the heaviest rain is forecast to fall.



https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/kay-strengthens-to-hurricane-status-in-path-toward-mexico-southwestern-us/1241553

[Bobstandard]

1. Here's a slightly different take on Kay

Surfline.com, a surf prediction website, is also keeping an eye on Kay’s potential positive effects. Here’s a snip:

An impressive feature of this storm is the sizable nature of it, but as we know, the all important track of tropical systems determines what we may see for surf. While wind certainly won’t be an issue, the storm is expected to be right on the edge of the SoCal swell window, so if Kay wobbles west enough, it could send significant surf to SoCal. But if it holds a closer track over coastal Baja, it wouldn’t produce the large numbers popping up on the SoCal dashboards for late this week and into next weekend. In conclusion, confidence is mixed at this point.