The latest storm news on the morning of June 5 said that storm Amanda is moving over the sea and is being closely monitored by forecasters.
Amanda strengthened into a tropical storm on June 3rd and is expected to increase in strength before weakening later this week.
The center of storm Amanda is located about 2,400km west-southwest of the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula (Mexico). The storm has maximum sustained winds of about 65 km/h and is moving west-northwest at a speed of about 13 km/h.
In the latest storm bulletin, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that the storm is continuing to strengthen and tends to weaken and will begin from the evening of June 5th or June 6th.
Storm Amanda is currently not forecast to move to Hawaii. Most forecast models show that the storm will be far from this archipelago and gradually weaken over the sea. Meteorologist Thomas Vaughan of the US National Weather Service does not believe that Amanda will have a significant impact on Hawaii because the storm is forecast to be relatively weak.
Although not forecast to strengthen into a hurricane or make landfall, the appearance of storm Amanda marks the beginning of a potentially vibrant phase of this year's storm season in the eastern Pacific region.
In addition to Hurricane Amanda, US storm forecasters are also monitoring 2 nearby low pressure areas, both of which are likely to strengthen into storms in the coming days.
The low pressure area off the southwest coast of Mexico is currently 70% likely to strengthen in the next 7 days. The second low pressure area, with a probability of strengthening of about 50% in the next 7 days, is off the southern coast of Mexico.
If both of these low pressures strengthen while Amanda is still active, the eastern Pacific region may simultaneously record 3 active storms.
Two low pressure areas near Mexico are assessed to be more likely to become the next storms of the 2026 Pacific hurricane season after Hurricane Amanda.
