Mario fizzles along Mexico's Pacific coast, but still drenches shorelines with heavy rains
All tropical weather alerts associated with the system have been discontinued, but that won't prevent a few scattered showers from impacting coastal communities through the weekend.
Tropical Storm Mario forms in Eastern Pacific off coast of Mexico
Tropical Storm Mario formed off the Pacific coast of Mexico Friday morning. It is the 13th named storm of the season in the Pacific Basin.
Tropical Storm Mario formed just off the coast of Mexico in the eastern Pacific on Friday morning, lashing the shorelines with heavy rains. But with the storm scraping land hours later, Mario wasn't able to even survive until Saturday before fizzing.
Mario was the 13th named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season and was briefly centered only about 40 miles off the coast of central Mexico earlier Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
All tropical weather alerts associated with the system have been discontinued, but that won't prevent a few scattered showers from impacting coastal communities through the weekend.
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Even without a direct landfall, forecast models showed rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches through the weekend.
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The formation of the cyclone comes just days after Hurricane Lorena passed about 200 miles off the coast of Cabo San Lucas earlier in the month.
That system remained offshore but still brought flooding, rough surf and hazardous conditions to portions of northwestern Mexico.
Unlike its Atlantic counterpart, the Pacific hurricane season has been bustling with activity for much of the summer. The eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15 and will continue through Nov. 30, with conditions remaining conducive for several additional tropical cyclone formations likely in the coming weeks.