Tropical storm Ivo brings heavy rain and dangerous surf to Mexico’s Pacific coast

A time aft forming southbound of Mexico successful the Pacific, Tropical Storm Ivo is expected to continues dumping sizeable rainfall connected coastal Mexican states passim Thursday and  Friday. The tempest could concisely fortify into a hurricane Friday evening.

At noon Thursday Mexico City time, Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) located the tempest astatine 130 km (80 miles) southbound of Playa Pérula, Jalisco, and 700 km (435 miles) southeast of Cabo San Lucas, with maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h (47mph).

Oaxaca residents person been dealing with rains from Ivo since Wednesday. The dense rainfall is expected to proceed done Friday evening. (Carolina Jiménez Mariscal/Cuartoscuro)

The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported said Ivo could nutrient full rainfall of astir 100 mm (3.9 inches), with isolated maximum totals of 150 mm (5.9 inches), crossed portions of Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Conagua predicted “intense rainfall” (75 to 150 mm, oregon 3 to 5.9 inches) successful the states of Jalisco and Nayarit, arsenic good arsenic dense rains successful Michoacán and Colima (50 to 75 mm, oregon 2 to 3 inches).

Ivo was moving rapidly toward the west-northwest — mostly parallel to Mexico’s Pacific Coast — astatine astir 39 km/h (24 mph), but was expected to veer westward earlier hitting the Baja California Peninsula. It is apt to dissipate by the play arsenic it turns distant from the coast.

However, Ivo is stirring up life-threatening surf and rip-current conditions arsenic maximum sustained winds person accrued to adjacent 75 km/h (45 mph) with higher gusts. Conagua issued a informing related to the dense surf for Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán (waves up to 5 meters oregon 16.4 feet successful height) and Guerrero (4-meter oregon 13-foot waves).

Area residents and businesses on the southwestern seashore are advised to show Ivo’s advancement and adhere to advisories issued by section civilian extortion agencies. The rainfall could effect successful an elevated hazard for flash flooding successful the states of Guerrero, Michoacán and Colima.

Ⓜ️📺🚨 Alerta en las costas de #Oaxaca y #Guerrero por formación de la tormenta tropical #IVO

Se ha registrado la formación de la tormenta tropical Ivo, la cual se desplaza al oeste-noroeste en paralelo a las costas del Pacífico. Aunque aún nary hay avisos oficiales de alerta… pic.twitter.com/UB9yi8B5Zo

— Sofy Valdivia (@sofyvaldivia) August 7, 2025

Tropical-storm-force winds widen outward up to 55 km (35 miles) from the halfway and Ivo is apt to fortify to adjacent hurricane spot by precocious Friday. The tempest is besides expected to nutrient winds of 40 to 50 km/h (25 to 31 mph) with gusts of 60 to 80 km/h (37 to 50 mph) successful the bluish Gulf of California.

Conagua said Ivo’s high-altitude cyclonic circulation volition harvester with humid aerial from the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, arsenic good arsenic a low-pressure trough implicit the southeast of the country, to origin dense upwind and rains elsewhere successful the country.

Heavy rains of 25 to 50 mm (1 to 2 inches) are expected successful the bluish states of Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes, arsenic good arsenic connected the Gulf broadside successful the states of Campeche, Veracruz and Tabasco.

Gusts of 40 to 60 km/h (25 to 37 mph) could hap successful the bluish states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes. Additionally, Ivo could nutrient particulate storms successful Baja California and Baja California Sur.

With reports from El Financiero, El Universal, Newsweek and Conagua