(CNN) -- Hurricane Jimena quickly weakened late Tuesday as the storm closed on the Mexican peninsula of Baja California and the resort town of Cabo San Lucas.
A Category 4 storm in the afternoon, Jimena had slipped to Category 2 status before midnight.
The hurricane's maximum wind speed dropped from 135 mph to 110 mph (175 km/hr) over a 10-hour period, according to the National Hurricane Center's 11 p.m. PT (2 a.m. ET Wednesday) update.
"Gradual weakening is expected prior to landfall, with a more rapid weakening thereafter," the center said. Squalls from the storm were hitting the southern peninsula late Tuesday.
Jimena was moving toward the north-northwest near 13 mph (20 km/hr) and was centered about 95 miles (155 km) west-southwest of La Paz and about 110 miles (175 km) south-southeast of Cabo San Lazaro. See the storm's projected path »
"On the forecast track, the core of Jimena will be near or over the southern portion of the Baja California peninsula Wednesday, and be near or over the central Baja California peninsula Wednesday night and Thursday," forecasters said.
Mexico's government extended a hurricane warning for most of the southern half of the Baja peninsula -- from Punta Abreojos on the peninsula's west coast to Mulege on its east coast, according to the hurricane center.CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (CNN) -- Hurricane Jimena quickly weakened late Tuesday as the storm closed on the Mexican peninsula of Baja California and the resort town of Cabo San Lucas.
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A Category 4 storm in the afternoon, Jimena had slipped to Category 2 status before midnight.
The hurricane's maximum wind speed dropped from 135 mph to 110 mph (175 km/hr) over a 10-hour period, according to the National Hurricane Center's 11 p.m. PT (2 a.m. ET Wednesday) update.
"Gradual weakening is expected prior to landfall, with a more rapid weakening thereafter," the center said. Squalls from the storm were hitting the southern peninsula late Tuesday.
Jimena was moving toward the north-northwest near 13 mph (20 km/hr) and was centered about 95 miles (155 km) west-southwest of La Paz and about 110 miles (175 km) south-southeast of Cabo San Lazaro. See the storm's projected path »
"On the forecast track, the core of Jimena will be near or over the southern portion of the Baja California peninsula Wednesday, and be near or over the central Baja California peninsula Wednesday night and Thursday," forecasters said.
Mexico's government extended a hurricane warning for most of the southern half of the Baja peninsula -- from Punta Abreojos on the peninsula's west coast to Mulege on its east coast, according to the hurricane center.CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (CNN) -- Hurricane Jimena quickly weakened late Tuesday as the storm closed on the Mexican peninsula of Baja California and the resort town of Cabo San Lucas.
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