Former Hurricane Narda weakened to a tropical storm as it moved over cooler water west of Baja California on Saturday evening. At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday the center of Tropical Storm Narda was located at latitude 18.7°N and longitude 125.9°W which put the center about 1070 miles (1725 km) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Narda was moving toward the north-northwest at 5 m.p.h. (8 km/h). The maximum sustained wind speed was 70 m.p.h. (110 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 85 m.p.h. (135 km/h). The minimum surface pressure was 991 mb.
Former Hurricane Narda weakened to a tropical storm as it moved over cooler water west of Baja California. Many of the thunderstorms in Narda’s circulation weakened when it moved over the cooler water. There were still some thunderstorms occurring near the center of Tropical Storm Narda. However, those storms generated much less upper level divergence. As a result, the inflow of mass in the lower levels of the atmosphere was greater than the outflow of mass in the upper levels. The greater inflow of mass caused the surface pressure to increase.
Winds to tropical storm force extended out 125 miles (200 km) from the center of Tropical Storm Narda.
Tropical Storm Narda will move through an environment that will be unfavorable for intensification during the next 24 hours. Narda will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperatures are near 24°C. It will move through a region where the upper level winds are weak and there will be little vertical wind shear. Tropical Storm Narda will weaken during the next 24 hours as it moves over colder Sea Surface Temperatures.
Tropical Storm Narda will move around the western side of a high pressure system that is over Mexico and the Eastern North Pacific Ocean. The high pressure system will steer Narda toward the north during the next 24 hours. On its anticipated track, Tropical Storm Narda will remain far to the west of Baja California.
