Published on : Monday, April 27, 2020
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tropical Depression One-E formed about 900 miles off the southwestern coast of Mexico. This tropical cyclone includes dry air wrapped into this system on April 26 and conditions became unfavourable for further development of torrential cyclonic rainfall. This Tropical Depression One-E degenerated into a remnant low-pressure system by the afternoon of April 26.
As of Sunday morning, this cyclonic storm had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and was moving northwest at 8 mph. The storm is centered about 765 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula and poses no threat to land. The forecasters said the storm is expected to start dissipating Sunday night.
The Hurricane Center said it was the earliest formation of a tropical cyclone in the eastern Pacific since the satellite era began in 1966. The basin’s season officially starts on May 15, while the Atlantic hurricane season kicks in on June 1.
The meteorologist Dan Kottlowski, noted there was a lack of consistent satellite coverage over the region until 1976, which hindered record-keeping of storms that formed before the season officially began.
While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center will provide its initial seasonal outlook for the Atlantic basin in May, researchers at Colorado State University are predicting an above-average hurricane season this year, citing the likely absence of El Niño as a primary factor.
Forecasters are predicting 16 named storms, of which eight are forecast to become hurricanes and four to reach major hurricane strength with winds greater than 111 mph. The Atlantic Ocean hurricane season last six months, ending in November.