Category 3 Hurricane Barbara loses strength over Pacific
Posted Jul 4, 2019 01:40:32 PM.
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MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Barbara continues to lose punch as it moves through the open Pacific far from land.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Barbara has been downgraded from a Category 4 storm to a Category 3, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph).
Its centre was located about 1,390 miles (2,240 kilometres) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California on Thursday.
Barbara was forecast to weaken further and become a tropical storm on Friday and a post-tropical cyclone the following day.
The hurricane centre said models show it dissipating east of Hawaii, though the storm’s remnants could reach the islands next week.
The Associated Press
