Eastern Pacific Hurricane Hilary has the potential to bring significant rainfall- and wind-related impacts to southern California, the southern Great Basin, and the Desert Southwest during the weekend and early next week, although the storm will become a post-tropical cyclone and rapidly weaken after making landfall in northwestern Mexico or southern California.  Early estimates indicate that rainfall could total 5 to 10 inches in areas that typically only receive a few inches of rain per year. 

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