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Hurricane Carlotta, Tropical Storm Daniel moving in the Pacific Ocean

By Allen Cone
Two storms -- Hurricane Carlotta and Tropical Storm Daniel -- are moving in the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Two storms -- Hurricane Carlotta and Tropical Storm Daniel -- are moving in the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Two storms -- Hurricane Carlotta and Tropical Storm Daniel -- are moving in the Pacific Ocean.

Carlotta, a Category 1 storm, is about 760 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds of 85 and moving west at 10 mph.

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NHC, in its 2 p.m. PDT update, forecasts a slower westward to west-northwestward motion during the next few days.

Daniel formed in the far western east Pacific on Saturday morning and is expected to be a short-lived storm, according to NHC .

In its 2 p.m. PDT update, Daniel is about 1,530 miles west-southwest of Baja California with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving north at 2 mph.

NHC anticipates a turn toward the northeast over the "next several days with a gradual increase in forward speed."

Then some gradual weakening is expected thereafter.

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