Tropical Depression 22-E formed Monday several hundred miles off the coast of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center reports.
Tropical Depression 22-E formed Monday several hundred miles off the coast of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center reports.
The depression, located 560 miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico, featured maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and was heading west at 20 mph as of Monday evening, forecasters said. The depression is expected to continue organizing as it moves over warm water and encounters little wind shear and will likely be upgraded to a tropical storm on Tuesday, at which point it will be named Sandra. Current forecast models indicate the storm will peak Thursday with 90 mph winds.
Thereafter, southwesterly wind shear is forecast to increase and humidity to decrease resulting in weakening as the storm approaches Mexico.
In the Central Pacific, which is where Hawaii is located, tropical cyclone formation is not expected through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu.
The Central Pacific and Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons continue through Nov. 30.
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