Hurricane Simon Weakens to Category 3 Off Puerto Vallarta as New Hurricane Watch Extends North Toward Sinaloa
Nature World News | 13.10.2026 00:30Hurricane Simon weakened to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph (205 km/h) Sunday evening as its center hugged the coast of west-central Mexico, and forecasters extended a hurricane watch north of El Roblito to Bahía Tempehuaya in Sinaloa. At 6 p.m. CST (00:00 UTC Monday), the National Hurricane Center placed Simon about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Cabo Corrientes, the headland at the southern edge of the Puerto Vallarta bay area, moving northwest at 5 mph.
