A hurricane anticipated to hit southern Mexico with damaging winds shouldn't cause much concern in Texas, but anyone with travel plans should probably keep an eye on their flight information. Hurricane Erick was upgraded to a Category 2 storm Wednesday afternoon.

Forming in October, Otis grew stronger by churning up deeper and warmer water because it was later in the year. Erick is early in the year and the deep water it would churn up is cooler and doesn’t fuel rapid intensification. Even so, the surface water is plenty hot enough, said MIT hurricane scientist Kerry Emanuel.

Tropical Storm Erick is forecast to intensify into a hurricane as it approaches the Mexican coastline this week.