The latest weather advisory from the Mexican authorities shows Beatriz as a tropical storm

( Spanish) — The latest meteorological warning from the Mexican Environmental authorities in coordination with the Meteorological Service shows Beatriz as a tropical storm, since 3am local time.

The bulletin warns of heavy rains in Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán and Nayarit.

It also establishes that the Mexican authorities, “in coordination with the Miami National Hurricane Center, maintains a tropical storm prevention zone from Manzanillo, Colima, to Punta Mita, Nayarit, and a tropical storm surveillance zone from Punta Mita to San Blas, both in Nayarit, as well as the Marías Islands”.

Reiterates to the public the alert call for the possibility of electrical storms, landslides and floods.

Beatriz is the second tropical system that has been recorded in the Pacific in the current season, after Hurricane Adrián.

For this cyclone season, the authorities estimated 16 to 22 named cyclones for the Pacific (Adrián being the first), and 10 to 16 named cyclones for the Atlantic (where to date there are three).

Of those 16 to 22 named cyclones in the Pacific, four to six Category 1 or 2 hurricanes are forecast, making Beatriz the second such hurricane in the 2023 forecast.

With information from Uriel Blanco, Sebastián Jiménez, Fidel Gutiérrez and Taylor Ward