Hurricane Vance Reaches Category 2, Projected to Intensify to Category 3 Off Mexico

Hurricane Vance has rapidly intensified to a Category 2 storm with 95 kt (110 mph) winds off Mexico's Pacific coast, moving north-northwest. The National Hurricane Center forecasts it to briefly reach Category 3 intensity by Saturday, October 24. This intensification is expected to generate life-threatening surf and rip current conditions along portions of southern and southwestern Mexico's coast this weekend and into next week, prompting marine warnings for the Eastern Pacific.