Occasionally, a storm can move farther north, as the post-tropical cyclone Kay did last year, bringing damaging wind and intense rain to Southern California. However, an air mass can sometimes block a storm, driving it north or northeast toward the Baja California peninsula and the west coast of Mexico. If a storm forms in the Pacific close to land, it can bring damaging winds and rain before pushing out to sea. Whether a storm forms in the Atlantic or the Pacific, it generally moves west, meaning Atlantic storms pose a greater threat to North America. ![]() Norma is the 14th named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific in 2023. Tropical-storm-force winds, with sustained speeds of at least 39 miles per hour, typically arrive as weather conditions begin to deteriorate, and experts say their estimated arrival time is a good deadline for completing storm preparations and evacuating if asked to do so. ![]() The post-tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 35 miles per hour and was on track to approach the southern tip of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur on Saturday. Norma was a post-tropical cyclone over Mexico Monday morning Mountain time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.
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