According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), rapid intensification occurs when a tropical cyclone’s maximum sustained winds increase by at least 35 mph in a 24-hour period.
Hurricane Hillary is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 3-6 inches, with possible higher amounts of up to 10 inches across portions of the Baja California peninsula through Sunday night.Heavy rain associated with Hurricane Hilary is also expected to impact California and the Southwest starting Friday and lasting through early next week, with peak impacts expected on Sunday and Monday.
Cars move on a flooded street due to heavy rains in the resort of Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, on Aug. 16, 2023.Forecast rainfall totals of 2-4 inches, with some amounts of up to 8 inches, will be possible across portions of Southern California and Southern Nevada.The NWS already issued a Flood Watch for Saturday morning to Monday afternoon. Las Vegas, San Diego, Palm Springs, Newport Beach and Los Angeles are all included. A view of the rough sea along a beach after Hurricane Hilary strengthened into a Category 2 storm, in Manzanillo, in Colima state, Mexico, is seen on Aug. 17, 2023.“A substantial moisture surge driven by Hurricane Hilary will result in several days of moderately heavy rainfall over the weekend into early next week,” states the Flood Watch. “Impacts will become more significant with each passing day as soils saturate, resulting in increased runoff.”Hurricane Hilary is predicted to impact the supply chain in southern California over the weekend and early next week, says Jon Davis, chief meteorologist at Everstream Analytics. “This is noteworthy because it is extremely rare for southern California to be impacted, in any way, by a tropical system,” he told FOX Weather. “Impacts include disruptions at the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles as well as the metro areas of San Diego and Los Angeles.” Davis also mentioned that heavy rains and flash flooding will primarily affect the Imperial Valley, which supplies agriculture, livestock, and the mining of lithium.Hurricane Hilary impacting space launch operations from California Due to the proximity of the hurricane to the water off of Southern California, SpaceX allotted to postpone the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with Starlink satellites. The event was expected to take place on Friday morning, but the private space company said it would attempt another launch next week, if weather conditions improved. Weather conditions at Vandenberg Space Force Base north of Los Angeles were in the 60s with minimal wind on Thursday, but Elon Musk’s SpaceX said it needed calmer seas in Pacific to ensure safe recovery operations of the booster.
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