Hurricane KAY continued to move northwest over the ocean along the northwest coast of the Baja California Peninsula. On September 9 at 6:00 UTC, its center was located approximately 430 km south of the San Diego (California, USA) and Tijuana (Mexico) area, with maximum sustained winds of 100 km/h (tropical storm) .
On September 9-11, KAY is expected to turn westward over the ocean well off the northern coast of the Baja California peninsula and southern California (USA), weakening and becoming a tropical depression.
Over the next 24 hours, heavy rain, strong winds, and storm surge are expected over parts of northwestern mainland Mexico, the western Baja California Peninsula, southern California, and far southwestern Arizona. NOAA has issued a tropical storm warning for the central and northern Baja California Peninsula.
