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Vance had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (177 kph) as it
churned about 385 miles (620 kilometers) south-southwest of
Acapulco, according to an advisory from the Miami-based
hurricane center.
The storm was nearing major hurricane strength, the center said,
though gradual weakening was expected to start by Saturday.
The hurricane's outer bands were already funneling gale-force
winds and rough seas into Mexico's Gulf of Tehuantepec, the
center said.
It’s been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean, with
storms spawning in assembly-line fashion near Hawaii and Mexico
as El Niño conditions worsened by global warming create unusual
weather, like this week's severe flooding and tornadoes hitting
the southwestern United States and the prolonged drought in
Central America's Dry Corridor.
Vance would be the seventh major hurricane in a row this year in
the Pacific, following Nolo, Odalys, Polo, Rachel, Simon and
Trudy. The World Meteorological Organization's Hurricane
Committee doesn't use less common names beginning with Q and U.
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