Hurricane Kristy tracker: See path of Category 3 storm expected to remain over water

Editor's Note: Follow along here for the latest updates on Hurricane Kristy on Saturday, Oct. 26.

Hurricane Kristy weakened into a Category 3 storm on Thursday and with further weakening expected throughout the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said Friday afternoon.

As of Friday afternoon, Kristy was located about 1115 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja, California, and was moving northwest and expected to continue in that direction through Friday night and the weekend.

Kristy had maximum sustained winds near 115 mph, with higher gusts Thursday afternoon, the NHC said.

The storm is forecast to continue to weaken over the weekend as it moves moves over open water. But swells generated by Kristy are expected affect portions of the west coast of the Baja, California peninsula over the weekend, the hurricane center said. These swells are "likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions," they said.

Hurricane Kristy path tracker

This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.

Hurricane Kristy spaghetti models

Illustrations include an array of forecast tools and models, and not all are created equal. The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest-performing models to help make its forecasts.

Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY. You can follow him on X @GabeHauari or email him at [email protected].

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