MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Darby misplaced power Tuesday whereas shifting westward over the Pacific, falling from a strong Class 4 storm to Class 2 and posing no menace to land.
The U.S. Nationwide Hurricane Heart stated Darby had winds of 110 mph (175 kph) late within the day, down from peak winds of 140 mph (220 kph) Monday evening.
The storm was centered 1,595 miles (2,565 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California and shifting west at 17 mph (28 kph).
It was forecast to fade to a post-tropical melancholy earlier than nearing Hawaiian longitudes over the weekend.
Darby was comparatively small, with hurricane-force winds extending outward solely about 10 miles (20 kilometers) from the middle.
