First Tropical Storm of the Year in Eastern Pacific May Develop This Week

By Eric Leister, Meteorologist

May 25,2015; 8:14PM,EDT

 

 

The first tropical system of the year in the Eastern Pacific Ocean may develop over the next week as AccuWeather is monitoring several areas across the basin.
The main threat for tropical development is located about 1,500 miles to the south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California.

A disturbance further to the west was first monitored over the holiday weekend. However, the right ingredients never came together for further development and now that disturbance is an atmosphere that is less conducive for tropical development. Thus, we are no longer concerned about this disturbance.
A bigger concern will brew later in the week as a large area of unsettled weather sits west of Central America and south of Mexico.
As the week progresses, these showers and thunderstorms will become more organized into a broad area of low pressure which could then eventually become a named tropical system during the middle or later part of the week.
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While initially there would be no impacts to land from this potential tropical system, a drift to the north or northeast would bring potentially heavy rainfall and damaging winds to southwestern Mexico.
Anyone with interests in Mexico or northern parts of Central America should closely monitor the potential for a tropical system to impact the region late next week.
Contributions by Meteorologist Adam Douty