Hurricane Henriette is scheduled to make another landfall today, this time along the mainland Mexico Coast either as a minimal hurricane or a tropical storm. As of 2 am Pacific time, the center was located at 25.0 North, 109.9 West, which is about 80 miles southwest of Los Mochis, Mexico. Maximum sustained winds are near 75 miles per hour, making Henriette a minimal hurricane. Central pressure is 980 millibars. Henriette is expected to make its second landfall this afternoon. The remnant moisture will move into the Southwestern United States late this week.

Various hurricane advisories and tropical storm advisories are in effect for Baja California and the northern Pacific coast of Mexico.

In the Atlantic, Felix made landfall Tuesday morning as a category 5 hurricane around 8 am Eastern time in northeastern Nicaragua. Felix has weakened rapidly, and is now a tropical depression centered near Tegucigalpa, Honduras at 14.0 North, 87.0 West. Heavy rain will continue to be an issue with Felix and its remnants over the next day or two over the mountainous terrain of Central America.

An area of low pressure is roughly half-way between Northeast Florida and Bermuda. This system has the potential to develop tropical or subtropical characteristics over the next day or two. It is already elevating the rip current risk along the North Carolina Outer Banks and the Virginia and Northeast Florida Coasts. The hurricane hunters are tentatively scheduled to check out this system today.

In the Western Pacific, Typhoon Fitow has maximum sustained winds of about 85 mph and is located several hundred miles south of Tokyo, Japan. It is moving to the northwest near 8 miles per hour.

Typhoon Fitow is expected to make landfall early Thursday morning (Eastern time) or late Thursday night (Tokyo time) along the southern coast of Japan just west of Tokyo. All vacation and business interests in and around Tokyo should monitor Fitow closely.