Tropical Storm Amanda Forms in the Eastern Pacific

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking Tropical Amanda in the Eastern Pacific basin, 1475 miles south of Baja California. This storm originally was Tropical Depression One-E. There is no threat to population with this storm.

At the 8 AM NHC Advisory, Amanda had sustained winds of 40 mph or 65 km/h. The minimum central pressure was at 1006 mb, moving northwest at 8 mph or 13 km/h. Amanda is expected to strengthen over the next few days, before becoming subtropical and dissipating.

While not being the earliest tropical storm to form in the eastern pacific basin, it is earlier than average for the first storm to form, which is June 10th. The eastern Pacific hurricane season runs a little bit longer than both the central Pacific and Atlantic hurricane seasons, as it runs from May 15th until November 30th. Both the Atlantic and central Pacific seasons run from June 1st through November 30th.

Elsewhere in the basin, the NHC is monitoring two other areas of interest just off the west coast of Mexico, one at 20% and one at 50% chances of formation within the next 7 days.

Faytuks Weather Network will be monitoring this storm, and all of the tropic basins throughout the season.