Hurricane Dora Threatens Mexican Coast

Hurricane Dora is making both sailors and landlubbers nervous today all along the central Pacific coast of Mexico, as she recently built in strength to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

With her center currently located roughly 200 miles southwest of Acapulco, a storm watch is in effect from Lazaro Cardenas to Cabo Corrientes. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hurricane Center predicts the eye will pass Puerto Vallarta in the early hours of Friday morning, and will pass Cabo San Lucas approximately 24 hours later.

Needless to say, however, such storms don’t always behave according to computerized predictions. But with any luck, Dora may make a hard left and head out to sea, as many similar storms have done in the past. In any case heavy storm-generated swells are expected along the central coast which could wreak havoc on coastal communities, even if winds diminish.