Latest typhoon news morning of July 18, Typhoon Elida - a tropical storm that is forecast to strengthen into the first Category 1 hurricane in the eastern Pacific this year - is hundreds of kilometers south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.
According to the latest storm news from the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), the strongest wind of Hurricane Elida is about 80 km/h and gusts are about 100 km/h.
Based on recent updates, Elida's position has shifted slightly southward compared to its previous path. A deep low pressure trough is still forming off the west coast of the US, which will cause Elida to shift northwest and then north-northwest on July 19. The storm's path will continue to shift slightly eastward.
Storm Elida currently has very little time to strengthen in warm seawater and in a low windbreak environment. Elida is running out of time to strengthen. It is forecast that storm Elida will weaken in the next 24 hours due to moving through colder waters and into areas with stronger winds.
The El Nino phenomenon, which appeared in June, may increase storm activity in the eastern Pacific. Although Elida will not cause heavy rain and floods like Hurricane Dolores in 2015 - also El Nino year.
This will not be the last storm of the hurricane season. The El Nino phenomenon has a strong positive impact on hurricanes in the Pacific and forecast models show there will be a series of tropical storms in the coming weeks" - the US National Weather Service (NWS) said.
Storm forecasters are closely monitoring the development of tropical storms this year in the eastern Pacific, where the El Nino phenomenon is strengthening. The latest forecast from the Climate Prediction Center shows that there is a 81% chance that El Nino will be ranked "very strong" from October to December. In addition, a sea heat wave is simmering deep in the Pacific.
Experts note that in the years of strong and very strong El Nino, the number of tropical storms, typhoons and super typhoons in the eastern Pacific has increased compared to the average since 1950.
According to the US National Hurricane Center, another storm may form in the Pacific next week. The Center is currently monitoring low pressure 97E located in the eastern Pacific. This system has a 80% chance of developing into a tropical depression or tropical storm in the next 2 days and a 90% chance of developing in the next 7 days.
Currently, in the central and western areas of the eastern Pacific basin, there are favorable environmental conditions for the development of low pressure 97E and it is expected that a tropical depression will form by the end of the week as it moves northwest to northwest in the central area of the eastern Pacific basin.
