The hurricane is forecast to step by step beef up, turning into a storm on Sunday earlier than making landfall over the southern coast of Mexico on Monday. Mexico has issued a storm stay up for the southern coast from Salina Cruz to Punta Maldonado.
“Typhoon surge may just produce coastal flooding close to and to the east of the place the middle passes the coast in spaces of onshore winds,” the Nationwide Storm Heart stated. “The surge could also be accompanied by way of massive and damaging waves.”
Along with hurricane surge, heavy rains from Agatha will hit parts of southern Mexico by way of Sunday into Tuesday evening.
“The heaviest rain is forecast around the Mexican state of Oaxaca, the place 10 to 16 inches are anticipated however remoted totals as much as 20 inches is conceivable,” the storm heart stated.