In a rare occurrence, a former hurricane may hit Los Angeles this weekend with tropical storm-force winds (39-73 mph) and heavy rain.
What is now Tropical Storm Hilary off the coast of Mainland Mexico is forecast to become a hurricane by 1 p.m. Thursday and a major hurricane (Cat 3 and above) by 1 a.m.
Saturday. By 1 p.m. Sunday, Hilary is expected to become a lesser hurricane and then hit Southern California and potentially Los Angeles as a tropical storm.
See National Weather Service forecast chart below. Only two full-blown tropical storms have hit the coast of California in recorded history: the Long Beach tropical storm that made landfall near San Pedro in 1939 and Hurricane Nora in 1997 after it was downgraded to a tropical storm.
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