The latest storm news on the morning of June 6 said that the eastern Pacific region is witnessing bustling tropical activity even though the new storm season has just started for less than a month.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) is currently monitoring tropical storm Amanda and 2 other low pressure areas that are likely to develop into storms.
According to the NHC, Hurricane Amanda is moving west at a speed of about 8 km/h. The maximum sustained wind is about 65 km/h. The eye of the storm is located about 2,780km west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico.
The latest storm forecast shows that Amanda will not directly affect the mainland and will continue to operate offshore.
The storm is forecast to begin to weaken and decrease in intensity throughout the weekend before completely dissipating on June 7.
On June 5, the NHC identified a new low pressure area called Invest 91E near the city of Acapulco in Mexico.
This agency assesses that the system has a high potential for further development in the coming week.
According to forecasts, low pressure Invest 91E is likely to strengthen into a tropical depression at the end of the week or early next week.
Initially, the new low pressure area is expected to move north along the coast of Mexico. If it continues to stick to the coast, Invest 91E could cause significant heavy rain in Mexico.
Right behind Invest 91E, weather forecasters are also monitoring another low pressure area. This system is currently likely to develop at an average level in the next 7 days.
The NHC said that if it continues to maintain offshore, this second low pressure may strengthen into a tropical depression by the end of the week or early next week.
This low pressure is forecast to cause heavy rain in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.
The sea surface temperature off the coast of Mexico and the western Pacific region is currently about 2-3 degrees Celsius higher than the average. This is a very favorable condition for the formation and development of storms.
This temperature level is consistent with the trend of forming a super El Nino wave, a phenomenon that is predicted to play a dominant role in this year's storm season.
Experts believe that super El Nino could increase storm activity in the eastern Pacific, while limiting the development of tropical systems in the Atlantic.
On average, each storm season, the eastern Pacific region records about 15 named storms, including about 8 typhoons and 4 strong storms.
