Despite record warm water temperatures in some areas due to El Nino, no cyclone formation is expected in the Central North Pacific basin for the next couple of days. However, National Weather Service forecasters are tracking an area of low pressure located about 500 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. This system has a 70 percent chance of forming into a tropical cyclone by Friday. The disturbance has become a little better defined since yesterday, however, the shower and thunderstorm activity remains disorganized.
Despite record warm water temperatures in some areas due to El Nino, no cyclone formation is expected in the Central North Pacific basin for the next couple of days. However, National Weather Service forecasters are tracking an area of low pressure located about 500 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. This system has a 70 percent chance of forming into a tropical cyclone by Friday. The disturbance has become a little better defined since yesterday, however, the shower and thunderstorm activity remains disorganized.
Upper-level winds have become a little more conducive for development and this system is still expected to become a tropical depression during the next day or so, forecasters said. The low is forecast to move over cooler waters on Friday and development after that time is not anticipated.