Forecasters on Tuesday are monitoring two areas of low pressure in the Eastern Pacific Basin. ADVERTISING Forecasters on Tuesday are monitoring two areas of low pressure in the Eastern Pacific Basin. The first area of low pressure, located 1,500 miles
Forecasters on Tuesday are monitoring two areas of low pressure in the Eastern Pacific Basin.
The first area of low pressure, located 1,500 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, continues to produce disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms well east of the circulation center. The weather system has a 10 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within five days and a 10 percent chance of formation during the next 48 hours, according to National Hurricane Center forecasters.
Upper-level winds were expected to become less favorable Tuesday and significant development of the system was not expected.
The center is also monitoring an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure located several hundred miles south of the coast of Mexico. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this week while the system moves slowly toward the west-northwest.
Forecasters gave the weather system a 80 percent chance of forming into a tropical cyclone within five days and a 20 percent chance of developing within the coming 48 hours.
The Central Pacific hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. The Eastearn Pacific hurricane season began May 15.
