National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami continue to monitor an area of showers and thunderstorms located several hundred miles south-southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepac. ADVERTISING National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami continue to monitor an area of showers and
National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami continue to monitor an area of showers and thunderstorms located several hundred miles south-southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepac.
Environmental conditions are expected to remain conducive for tropical cyclone development and a tropical depression could form late Monday or Tuesday as the area of low pressure drifts west-northwestward.
Forecasters gave the area of low pressure a 60 percent of forming into a tropical depression within 48 hours and an 80 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.
