The latest typhoon news on the afternoon of July 17 from the US National Hurricane Center said that Typhoon Elida is off the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico.
The storm is active in the eastern Pacific basin, where weather conditions are expected to push storm Elida to intensify rapidly. Currently, the storm has an intensity of about 104 km/h.
According to experts, Elida's long-term direction of movement is still to the west, but recent satellite images show that the storm is starting to turn northwest more as initially predicted.
The storm is forecast to move northwest throughout the weekend as a deep low pressure trough weakens the subtropical high pressure range north of Elida.
Storm Elida has a period of 24-30 hours to strengthen in a humid environment, with low gusts on a very warm sea surface temperature.
Updated forecasts from the US National Hurricane Center show that the storm will strengthen steadily, becoming a Category 1 hurricane on July 17 and reaching maximum intensity on the night of July 17 or morning of July 18.
Although the possibility of rapid intensification of the storm cannot be ruled out, this scenario is considered less likely to occur based on the current structure of Elida. Sea water is getting colder and vertical gusts are increasing, leading to Elida gradually weakening throughout the weekend and early next week.
