Pacific Ocean, Storm Barbara
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The storms are expected to become weaker in the coming days, but another tropical depression is forecasted to form later in the week.
June 9 (UPI) -- Hurricane Barbara emerged as the first hurricane of the Pacific hurricane season on Monday. The National Hurricane Center reported that as of 10 a.m. EDT, Barbara was in the eastern Pacific Ocean approximately 155 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two tropical waves in the Atlantic: Tropical wave 1: A tropical wave located at 37W from 02N-12N in the central Atlantic is moving west at 11 mph. Tropical wave 2: A central Atlantic tropical wave east of the Caribbean Sea has its axis along 57W south of 17N, is moving west at 11 to 17 mph.
Hurricane Barbara formed southwest of Mexico in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday morning, making it the first hurricane of the 2025 season.
Tropical Storm Alvin has sustained winds of over 39 mph and became the first named storm of 2025 in the Northern Hemisphere.
Tropical Storm Alvin formed in the the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, May 29, becoming the first named storm anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere this year.
The Canadian Press on MSN12d
Tropical Storm Alvin swirls in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of western MexicoA weather system swirling off the coast of western Mexico has developed into the first tropical storm of the eastern North Pacific hurricane season, forecasters said Thursday. Tropical Storm Alvin was located about 565 miles (910 kilometers) south-southeast of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico,