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The Miami National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the National Meteorological Service (SMN) are keeping several areas of instability in the Pacific Ocean under surveillance, between the Hawaiian Islands and the coasts of Mexico, because different tropical systems could develop in close proximity over the next few days.
What danger do these areas of instability pose? Is there a possibility they will strike Mexico soon? Below, we share the details revealed by both meteorological agencies.
According to the agencies' monitoring, three systems are being recorded in the Pacific Ocean that could develop over the next seven days; the first is located east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands and is producing "disorganized showers and thunderstorms."
It is expected to develop into a tropical storm by the middle of the week "as the system begins to move west-northeast across the Central Pacific," the NHC notes in a statement.
The second is located west-southwest several thousand kilometers from the tip of the Baja California peninsula and could develop over the next seven days.
"Environmental conditions appear favorable for some gradual development, and a tropical depression could form over the next few days as the system moves slowly west-northwest across the western portion of the East Pacific," the US meteorological agency explains.
Meanwhile, the third system is near the Mexican coast, with a 20 percent probability of formation in the coming days. So far, none of these three phenomena have become a hurricane or a tropical storm, nor is it a certainty that they will have a simultaneous impact on Mexico.
The temporal proximity of these phenomena and the meteorological alerts issued by the NHC and the SMN have raised concerns among Mexicans about the possibilities of a "triple hurricane" actually hitting this week.
As of now, there is no official forecast confirming the arrival of three hurricanes in Mexico simultaneously.
Meteorological surveillance remains in place because tropical systems can change in intensity and trajectory rapidly, but any potential impact will depend on their evolution, movement, and the atmospheric conditions of the coming days.
[Publicidad]