Tropical Storm Pilar is moving northward in the Pacific just off Mexico's western shore, raking coastal areas with rain and high winds after passing close to the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. <br/><br/>The US National Hurricane Centre said Pilar could to drop 7.5 to 17.5 centimetres of rain on coastal areas. Pilar has maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometer per hour and its centre was about 155 kilometres south of Mazatlan. Tropical storm force winds extended out as far as 95 kilometres.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Maria, which battered Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane last week, was down to a Category 2 storm and its maximum sustained winds had weakened to 150 kilometer per hour. <br/>