First Hurricane of the Season Forms in Eastern Pacific

First Hurricane of the Season Forms in Eastern Pacific
Hurricane Douglas in eastern Pacific on July 22, 2020. (National Hurricane Center)

MEXICO CITY—The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season formed far from land on Wednesday.

The U.S.National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Douglas was centered about1,785 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, Wednesday morning with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

It was moving to the west at 15 mph. That track would carry it toward Hawaii on Sunday or Monday, but forecasters said it was likely to weaken back to a tropical depression by that point.

Meanwhile, recently formed Tropical Storm Gonzalo was strengthening in the Atlantic and the center said it was expected to become a hurricane by Thursday.

It was centered about 1,205 miles east of the southern Windward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. It was heading west at 14 mph.

The Hurricane Center said that Interests in the Windward Islands should monitor the storm.

Gonzalo’s strengthening breaks a record set by Tropical Storm Gert, which formed on July 24, 2005. So far this year, Cristobal, Danielle, Edouard, and Fay also set records for being the earliest named Atlantic storms of their respective place in the alphabet.

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