The first tropical depression of the 2012 eastern north Pacific Hurricane Season has formed ahead of the official season start date. The disturbance several hundred miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico has gradually acquired more organization and over night an Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) pass aboard the EUMETSAT Metop-A satellite indicated a well-defined surface circulation. Environmental conditions are conducive for some additional development over the next couple of days, but after that global models forecast a substantial increase in westerly vertical wind shear, leading to dissipation in 2 to 3 days. This image was taken by GOES East at 1445Z on May 14, 2012.
NOAA
2012-05-14
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