The National Hurricane Center announced on Wednesday that Hurricane Norbert, the latest hurricane in this season in the Atlantic, approaches Baja in New Mexico, California. Its winds reach 115 miles per hour and the NHC has developed a five-day period during which Norbert was analyzed.

Now, the hurricane is located in the Pacific Ocean at nearly 470 miles south of Baja and according to the forecasters, Norbert will hit the peninsula at a hurricane strength on Friday or Saturday. "Additional strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours," the National Hurricane Center said.

Norbert is now a Category 3 hurricane and it could easily reach a Category 4 with top sustained winds of nearly 131 miles per hour as it turns toward west-northwest and then north on Thursday. Still, National Hurricane Center stated that Norbert could weaken early Friday and could also reach the peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane.

"While it is still premature to say what kind of impact Norbert may have on Baja, California, interests in the area, especially the southern peninsula, should monitor the progress of Norbert," the center added. The state capital of La Paz and centers of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo are threatened by the hurricane.

Baja California is a 1,100-kilometer-long peninsula which is situated northwestern Mexico and is separated from Mexico by the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez).