Two storms — Hurricane Carlotta and Tropical Storm Daniel — are moving in the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Two storms — Hurricane Carlotta and Tropical Storm Daniel — are moving in the Pacific Ocean.
Carlotta, a Category 1 storm, is about 705 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds of 90 and moving west at 14 mph. Advertisement
NHC, in its 8 a.m. PDT update, forecasts a slower westward to west-northwestward motion during the next few days.
Daniel formed in the far western east Pacific on Saturday morning and is expected to be a short-lived storm, according to NHC .
In its 8 a.m. PDT update, Dan is about 1,500 miles west-southwest of Baja California with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving northwest at 5 mph.
NHC anticipates a turn toward the northeast over the “next several days with a gradual increase in forward speed.”
Then some gradual weakening is expected thereafter.
