MEXICO.- Tropical storm Miriam is still moving over the Pacific Ocean parallel to the Baja California Peninsula, for now it is expected to keep weakening without hitting the land, say official sources.
In a report released at 10:30 am local time (15:30 GMT) the National Meteorology Service (SMN) informs that Miriam presented winds of 100km/h and gusts of 120 km/h yesterday, after losing the "hurricane" category.
This morning Miriam was 680 km to the west of Cabo San Lucas, and is now moving north 9 km/h.
Due to its distance and trajectory, the storm has no assigned index of danger and there are no alert zones declared by the SMN.
The Meteorology Service expects Miriam to maintain the course that has shown until now and to get weaker in the next few hours, when it will register winds of 85 km/h and gusts of 100 km/h.
Despite today's evolution there are still possible effects of the storm expected in Baja California and Baja California Sur as well as the coasts of Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima and Sinaloa.
In addition, the SMN has asked people on the sea to be cautious "in the vicinity of the system for rains, winds and waves."
On the other part, the National System of Civil Protection (SINAPROC) has the Clarion, Socorro and San Benedicto Islands in yellow alert (moderate danger) and Baja California Sur in green alert (low danger).
Baja California as well as the center and south of Sonora, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima and Sinaloa are in blue alert (minimal danger).
Miriam is the thirteenth tropical storm to form in the Mexican Pacific this hurricane season that started on May 15 and will end next November.
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