Area off Mexico has high chance of developing into tropical depression this weekend
If the disturbance becomes a tropical depression and then continues to strengthen, it will become a tropical storm and be named Barbara.
Chances for Barbara building in the Eastern Pacific
The Eastern Pacific could have its second named storm of the season soon, as odds for Barbara build. The National Hurricane Center gives the area to watch an 80% chance of development over the next week.
The development chances for an area to watch off the southern coast of Mexico continue to grow, and a tropical depression is likely to form in the Eastern Pacific this weekend.
Tropical activity has been increasing in the basin since the start of the hurricane season on May 15. Tropical Storm Alvin formed and quickly dissipated last week.
The storm’s remnants then brought flooding rain and thunderstorms to the Desert Southwest.
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According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms is associated with a tropical wave in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, a few hundred miles offshore of the southern coast of Mexico.
Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for the gradual development of the system, and the NHC says a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend as it moves west or west-northwest at around 10 mph.
Right now, the NHC is giving the system a low chance of developing over the next two days and a high chance of developing over the next week.
If the disturbance becomes a tropical depression and then continues to strengthen, it will become a tropical storm and be named Barbara.