Tropical Development in The Eastern Pacific?

It may be a bit early but the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida is watching an area of disturbed weather that is located several hundred miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula.

The low pressure area is producing shower and thunderstorm activity. At this point the thunderstorm activity remains disorganized.

Conditions in the area are favorable for some gradual development.

By late this weekend, conditions will become less conducive for development.

The storm has a 40 percent probability of forming into a tropical storm in the next 48 hours.

The hurricane season in the eastern Pacific begins on May 15. The first named storm will be Amanda.