Two Tropical Storms Could Form Back to Back This Week
The eastern Pacific could soon become home to two developing tropical systems tracking across nearly the same stretch of ocean.
Two tropical systems are expected to form back-to-back in the eastern Pacific Ocean this week, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The first system, designated EP96, is already showing signs of organization south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, with a 80% chance of developing into a tropical depression within the next 48 hours and a 90% chance over the next seven days.
The second system, expected to form several hundred miles south of Baja California, has a 40% chance of becoming a tropical depression within seven days. Forecasters are closely monitoring both systems, as they are expected to move in the same general region and follow similar west-northwest tracks away from Mexico into the open Pacific.
If both systems eventually organize, they could spend part of their lifecycles moving through adjacent stretches of ocean, and there is a possibility that they could interact, a phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara effect.
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