Hurricane Trudy Forecast to Become a Major Hurricane Near Mexico's Pacific Coast
If your trip touches Mexico's southwestern or west-central coast, including Acapulco, Manzanillo, Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero or Michoacan, check Trudy's status now. Watches are likely later this morning, and the next full advisory comes at 900 AM CST. Look at the hurricanes.gov key messages and your local weather office's surf and rip current products before the weekend, when the storm is expected to approach the coast. The advisory says nothing about cruise changes, so confirm any itinerary decisions with your cruise line directly.
My read is that the number to watch is not today's 75 mph but the forecast jump to major hurricane status on Friday, which the advisory expects after a couple of days of rapid strengthening. Trudy sits about 300 miles SSW of Acapulco, moving northwest at only 9 mph, so the forecasters are giving the Mexican coast roughly a weekend of lead time. The advisory is also blunt that no watches are up yet, then says they will likely be needed later this morning, and that is the moment plans get decided. Colima and Jalisco carry the heaviest rain forecast, 4 to 8 inches with isolated 12, and steep terrain makes mudslides the real risk. Nothing in the advisory mentions ships or ports, so I will not guess at itineraries. In your shoes, I would watch the 900 AM CST advisory, ask your cruise line what it plans for this stretch of coast, and avoid anything ashore near the surf.