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At a Glance The latest eastern Pacific hurricane, Fabio, is beginning to weaken.

Fabio is no direct land threat but will generate some swells that will reach the Baja Peninsula and Southern California.

This is the earliest-in-season "F" storm in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Hurricane Fabio is beginning to weaken after forming into the record-earliest "F" storm in that active basin in 2018.

Fabio is currently more than 700 miles southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Fabio is no direct threat to land, but it will produce some larger swells that affect the Pacific beaches of Mexico, particularly the Baja Peninsula, as well as some Southern California beaches.

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The southerly swells will reach south-facing beaches of Southern California beginning Wednesday evening, continuing through Friday morning.

Pounding surf, coastal flooding of normally dry beach areas, such as parking lots, and life-threatening rip currents are expected, according to the National Weather Service.

(ALERTS: NWS Beach Statements )

A Record-Early 'F'

On Sunday, Fabio became the earliest sixth eastern Pacific named storm on record, topping the previous earliest "F" storm by two days, according to Colorado State University tropical scientist Dr. Phil Klotzbach.

Overall, eastern Pacific tropical activity was running about two to three weeks ahead of the average pace, as tracked by the ACE index, according to Klotzbach.

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In contrast to the highly sheared, suppressed Atlantic Basin, wind shear has remained low, and sea-surface temperatures have generally been warmer-than-average over the tropical eastern Pacific Basin, helping to support the development of these six named storms in less than a month's time.

These overall favorable eastern Pacific conditions may be due to a potentially developing El Niño.

In mid-June, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center said an El Niño may develop by later in the hurricane seaon. Overall, eastern Pacific tropical cyclone activity is higher during El Niño events.

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