Hurricane Celia Churns West of Mexico

From NBC Bay Area’s Rob Mayeda: Hurricane Celia may become a major hurricane in the Eastern Pacific soon, yet will likely never come close to threatening land.Celia’s sustained winds ramped up to near 105 at times on Tuesday, good enough for Category Two status on the Saffif-Simpson scale. The storm continues on a WNW track that will move Celia away from Western Mexico and steer well south of the Baja Peninsula.Most computer models factor in continued short-term strengthening for Celia as the storm encounters warm sea surface temperatures and limited to moderate upper level wind shear.Celia will likely max out with winds in the 100-110 mph range before drifting into gradually cooler waters and increasing westerly wind shear by Saturday that will began a slow, steady weakening phase for the storm.As Celia winds down, its very likely we’ll see another tropical storm/hurricane soon just to the southeast of Celia, with an organized area of disturbed weather showing some low level circulation now also moving away from Western Mexico. For more info: National Hurricane Center