MIAMI (AP) — Weather officials announced Monday that Tropical Storm Cristina has developed in Pacific waters near Nicaragua.
According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the storm is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph). The system’s center was positioned 100 miles (160 kilometers) west-southwest of Managua, Nicaragua, and approximately 170 miles (275 kilometers) southeast of San Salvador, El Salvador.
Weather officials have issued a tropical storm warning spanning from Puerto Sandino to the Guatemala/El Salvador border.
The storm system is expected to produce rainfall amounts between 4 and 8 inches across coastal areas of Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala through Thursday, with some locations potentially receiving up to 12 inches (30 centimeters) of precipitation.
This marks the second tropical storm currently active in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storm Boris was also churning off Mexico’s coast Monday and was projected to reach landfall there on Tuesday.
