Lidia Will Bring Dangerous Storm Surge to Mexico

Hurricane Lidia will bring flooding rains and high winds across west-central Mexico later Tuesday, the US National Hurricane Center said. Four to eight inches of rain is forecast for areas within the states of Sinaloa, Jalisco and Nayarit, with some isolated spots getting up to 12 inches.

There will be a dangerous storm surge along the coast where Lidia comes ashore near Puerto Vallarta overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Lidia will make landfall about 350 miles northwest of where Tropical Storm Max hit Monday, when it brought flooding rain to the Mexican state of Guerrero and Michoacán.

Max has since dissipated over Mexico.

In other weather news:

Asia: Typhoon Bolaven is churning north across the Pacific and is forecast to veer away from Japan, while tropical depression Koinu falls apart near Zhanjiang, China after making a close call to Hong Kong earlier.

Atlantic: Forecasters are watching a patch of thunderstorms and clouds in the Bay of Campeche off Mexico’s east coast that has a 20% chance of becoming a storm in the next two days. Further to the east, another system near Cabo Verde has a 70% of becoming the year’s next storm.

US: Freeze warning and advisories are out across the Midwest from Minnesota to Ohio through early Tuesday.