Hurricane Priscilla was beginning to lose some punch but was still a powerful Category 2 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said early Wednesday. 

Priscilla was bringing high surf conditions to parts of that coast. A tropical storm watch was in effect for Baja California Sur from Cabo San Lucas to Cabo San Lazaro, Mexico.

As of early Wednesday, Priscilla had maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour, the hurricane center said, and was moving northwest at 8 mph. 

Hurricane Priscilla’s track and forecast

“On the forecast track,” the hurricane center said, “the center of Priscilla is expected to move parallel to, but offshore of, the coast of Baja California Sur through Thursday. … Continued weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours.”

Priscilla was approximately 410 miles west of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico, near the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, and about 190 miles southwest of Baja California’s southern tip.

The center pointed out that, “large swells generated by Priscilla are affecting portions of the coast of southwestern and west-central Mexico, as well as portions of the coast of the southern Baja California peninsula. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions, in addition to some coastal flooding.”