National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami are monitoring a trough of low pressure located a couple hundreds miles south-southeast of the Gulf of Tehuantepec that continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. ADVERTISING National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami are
National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami are monitoring a trough of low pressure located a couple hundreds miles south-southeast of the Gulf of Tehuantepec that continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms.
Environmental conditions are not expected to be conducive for tropical cyclone development during the coming 48 hours. However, forecasters say that the area could provide a more conducive environment for development within the next five days as the low drifts northward.
Forecasters gave the area of low pressure a 50 percent chance of forming into a tropical depression within five days.
National Hurricane Center officials in May predicted 14 to 20 named storms and seven to 11 hurricanes — including three to six major hurricanes — to form this year in the Eastern Pacific Basin. Overall, they gave the 2014 season a 50 percent chance of being above normal, 40 percent chance of being near-normal and a 10 percent chance of being below normal.
The Eastern Pacific averages 15 named storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes each year, according to the center.
The Eastern Pacific hurricane season began May 15 and ends Nov. 30.
