Hurricane Hilary Category 4 and TS Ophelia Updates

NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN
Tropical storm Ophelia / 16L
Warning 11 from NHC for 1500 GMT
Position 14.6N 52.6W
Location 635 miles ESE of the Leeward Islands
Movement 280° (W) at 14 knots
Maximum winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 260 miles to the north and east of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Next warning from NHC at 2100 GMT

Ophelia is moving westward and is weakening. Atmospheric conditions are unfavourable, and it is distinctly possible for the storm to degenerate into a remnant area of low pressure at any time. However, if Ophelia survives that long, strengthening is possible towards the end of the forecast period.

EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
HURRICANE Hilary / 09E
Warning 10 from NHC for 1500 GMT
Position 16.1N 102.5W
Location 135 miles S of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico
Movement 275° (W) at 9 knots
Maximum winds 125 knots gusting to 150 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 85 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 25 miles of the centre+
Threatened landmasses Mexico
Next warning from NHC at 1800 GMT

Hilary has intensified further and is now a category IV hurricane. The storm will basically maintain this strength through today, before commencing a weakening trend on Saturday as it moves away west. It could later veer to the north.

Mexican warnings
Rainfall
3 to 5 inches across the Mexican states of southern Michoacan and southern Guerrero, locally up to 10 inches

Storm surge
Swells from Hilary is causing life-threatening surf conditions and rip-tides along the Mexican coast.

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical depression 20W
Warning 01 from JTWC for 1500 GMT
Position 13.6N 138.0E
Location 990 miles E of Manila, Philippines
Movement 305° (NW) at 8 knots
Maximum winds 30 knots gusting to 40 knots
Threatened landmasses NONE
Maximum significant wave height 10 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 2100 GMT

20W has formed and is moving steadily northwest, whilst intensifying. The system will continue on present course, and is expected to make landfall on northern Luzon, Philippines, after the weekend, as a 90 knot typhoon.

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC for 0600 GMT
System 97W
Position 19.4N 113.6E
Locatin 175 miles S of Hong Kong
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation is LOW

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