Tropical Depression Raymond to drench western Mexico despite weakening

An area of disturbed weather that has been brewing over the eastern Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico became Tropical Depression Twenty late Thursday and then was upgraded to Tropical Storm Raymond during Friday morning. Since then, Raymond has lost it's wind intensity and has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.

Raymond is located about 275 miles to the south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, Mexico, and has maximum sustained winds of 30 mph.

Raymond is forecast to continue on its northern path in the coming days, bringing heavy rainfall to portions of Baja California.

"The feature has a chance of passing close to the southern tip of Baja California and entering the southern part of the Gulf of California by early this week," Kottlowski said.

It is likely that some of the leftover moisture from Raymond will survive the trip into the southwestern United States later this week.

A non-tropical system gathering over the Southwest U.S. will tap into that moisture and enhance rainfall in the region later this week.

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