Multiple Tropical Systems Could Spin Up in the Pacific This Week

With only one named storm to speak of thus far this year, the Atlantic basin has been exceptionally quiet. However, that is not the case in the Eastern Pacific, a part of the world's oceans that has already seen four named tropical weather events. Hurricane experts are now monitoring a few additional areas for development in the Pacific. Here is the latest Pacific tropical weather update.

Zones of Potential Tropical Development in the Pacific

While the emergence of a likely Super El Niño has created hostile conditions in the Atlantic, the opposite is happening in the Pacific. Forecasters believe that the Eastern Pacific is going to see the number of named events climb into the double digits this season, thanks to the influence of the El Niño climate phase supporting warmer waters and weakening wind shear. This will put both tropical storms and hurricanes above the historical average in this basin.

As of Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has designated an area of concern off the coast of southern Mexico. The NHC has assigned this area of low pressure a nearly 100% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression by the end of the weekend. There is a chance that this feature could intensify and last long enough to reach the latitude running near the border of California and Mexico. However, the current path would keep it well offshore, minimizing impacts to populated areas.