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Weakening Hurricane Sandra Targets Western Mexico With Flooding Rain

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By  – AccuWeather

Sandra is weakening and no longer a major hurricane but remains on track to make landfall in western Mexico with flooding rainfall on Saturday.

Landfall is expected early Saturday morning, local time, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, near or in between La Cruz and Mazatlan. Sandra, however, will not be a repeat of dangerous Hurricane Patricia.

Strong wind shear continues to cause Sandra to weaken, after it became the latest major hurricane on record Wednesday afternoon.

Wind shear is the rapid change of direction and speed of air flow at different layers of the atmosphere. When wind shear is strong, these changes are very great and can shred apart tropical systems.

Continue reading at AccuWeather: Weakening Hurricane Sandra Targets Western Mexico With Flooding Rain

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