
The storm — the fourth hurricane of the 2011 Pacific season — was churning along to the northwest at 30 kilometers (18 miles) per hour and in coming days will track parallel to the Mexican coast, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. Some NHC forecast models put the hurricane on track to affect the Baja California resort of Cabo San Lucas later in the week.
Mexico’s National Weather Service issued tropical storm watches for the southern coast, warned that large waves and heavy rain were pounding the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, and advised vessels in the vicinity to take precautions against high seas and heavy winds.
‘Additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and Dora could become a major hurricane by Thursday,’ the NHC said in a bulletin. The 2011 season’s first named storm, Arlene, left at least 16 people dead in Mexico after it drenched much of the country with heavy rains and left hundreds of thousands homeless….
Hurricane Dora's track as of July 18, 2011
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