Hurricane Blas forms off Pacific coast but is staying offshore Big swells and heavy rain are forecast in several states Published on Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Hurricane Blas forms off Pacific coast but is staying offshore   Hurricane Blas, a Category 1 storm located off Mexico's Pacific coast, continues to intensify, but is not forecast to make landfall.

 The hurricane's projected track. CONAGUA

Hurricane Blas forms off Pacific coast but is staying offshore

Big swells and heavy rain are forecast in several states

Published on Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Hurricane Blas, a Category 1 storm located off Mexico’s Pacific coast, continues to intensify, but is not forecast to make landfall.

The United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) said at 4:00 p.m. CDT Wednesday that Blas – which strengthened from a tropical storm earlier in the day – is about 450 kilometers south-southeast of Manzanillo, Colima, and has maximum sustained winds of 140 kph.