Hurricane Ivo moves off Mexico's Pacific coast
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Hurricane Ivo moves off Mexico's Pacific coast
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# Hurricane Ivo is projected to strike Mexico's Baja California peninsula
# Storm has been upgraded to Category 1 hurricane
# Forecasters say Ivo expected to weaken to tropical storm by time it hits land
A satellite image shows Hurricane Ivo at 9:30 a.m. ET Thursday in the Pacific Ocean.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Hurricane Ivo, headed for a possible weekend brush with Baja California's resorts, slowed its forward motion Thursday as it began to curve toward Mexico's Pacific coast, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm, which was upgraded late Wednesday to a Category 1 hurricane, had sustained winds of about 75 mph (120 kph), with gusts of 90 mph (145 kph). It was moving to the north-northwest at about 7 mph (11 kph), down from 13 mph (21 kph) on a west-northwest track Wednesday night.
At 5 a.m. ET, it was centered roughly 520 miles (837 kilometers) south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas at the tip of the Baja California peninsula. It was forecast to take a clockwise turn toward the Baja.
The Miami, Florida-based hurricane center said that Ivo was likely to strengthen through midday Thursday and then weaken into a tropical storm before hitting land Sunday.
But it warned that the intensity forecast for the weekend "is highly uncertain" and urged people in the peninsula to closely monitor Ivo.
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# Hurricane Ivo is projected to strike Mexico's Baja California peninsula
# Storm has been upgraded to Category 1 hurricane
# Forecasters say Ivo expected to weaken to tropical storm by time it hits land
A satellite image shows Hurricane Ivo at 9:30 a.m. ET Thursday in the Pacific Ocean.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Hurricane Ivo, headed for a possible weekend brush with Baja California's resorts, slowed its forward motion Thursday as it began to curve toward Mexico's Pacific coast, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm, which was upgraded late Wednesday to a Category 1 hurricane, had sustained winds of about 75 mph (120 kph), with gusts of 90 mph (145 kph). It was moving to the north-northwest at about 7 mph (11 kph), down from 13 mph (21 kph) on a west-northwest track Wednesday night.
At 5 a.m. ET, it was centered roughly 520 miles (837 kilometers) south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas at the tip of the Baja California peninsula. It was forecast to take a clockwise turn toward the Baja.
The Miami, Florida-based hurricane center said that Ivo was likely to strengthen through midday Thursday and then weaken into a tropical storm before hitting land Sunday.
But it warned that the intensity forecast for the weekend "is highly uncertain" and urged people in the peninsula to closely monitor Ivo.
©CNN
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