Heavy rains were expected in Guadalajara and its surrounding areas Friday as “Andres” became the eastern Pacific basin’s first tropical storm of 2015. At press time the storm was lying about 690 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Colima.
Andres is expected to strengthen to a hurricane by Friday, if not sooner, according to the Weather Channel.
The network predicted that Andres will curl toward the northwest in a day or so, and likely remain well off the Mexican coast, eventually weakening over colder water early next week.