Tropical depression likely to form this week near Mexico on heels of Hurricane Erick
The National Hurricane Center is giving this system a low chance of developing over the next two days, and a high chance of developing over the next week.
Tropical depression likely to form off southern coast of Mexico this week
It's been an active start to the Eastern pacific hurricane season, and a new tropical depression is likely to form off the southern coast of Mexico this week. FOX Weather Meteorologists Haley Meier and Zack Green break down the forecast on June 22, 2025.
ACAPULCO, Mexico – A cluster of thunderstorms in the Eastern Pacific Ocean has put the National Hurricane Center (NHC) on notice, as the region is now in full swing this hurricane season.
The new area to watch is located off the western coast of Central America and southern Mexico, with the latter being slammed by Category 3 Hurricane Erick on Thursday morning.
Now, the NHC is eyeing the development of the new area over the next several days.
The NHC said the disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms is located a couple of hundred miles offshore Central America, and an area of low pressure is expected to develop within the next day or two.
Environmental conditions appear to be conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the middle of this week while the system moves off to the west-northwest off the coasts of Central America and southern Mexico.
In addition, locally heavy rain is possible across portions of Costa Rica and Nicarauga through the early part of this week.
The NHC is giving this system a low chance of developing over the next two days, and a high chance of developing over the next week.
Should it develop and become a more organized storm system, the NHC would designate it as an invest, triggering further investigation into its development, trajectory, intensity and potential impacts. And if it makes it to a tropical storm, it will take the name Flossie.