(BIVN) – A new tropical depression has formed in the Eastern Pacific, as the active 2026 hurricane season continues.
On Sunday evening, Tropical Depression Fifteen-E was about 680 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja California and moving west at 10 mph. The National Hurricane Center says Fifteen-E could become a tropical storm on Sunday night or early Monday.
“Only slight short-term strengthening is called for and the system is expected to begin weakening in a day or so,” the National Hurricane Center says, “with the cyclone degenerating into a remnant low in 96 hours or sooner.”
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Norbert – located about 1,290 miles east of Hilo on Sunday evening – was moving west northwest at 14 mph.
Gradual weakening is forecast during the next couple of days, with Norbert becoming a post-tropical remnant low around Tuesday, then dissipating by Wednesday.
From the National Weather Service in Honolulu on Sunday night:
Starting Wednesday and continuing through Friday, the weather pattern will change as the remnants of Norbert moves east to west across the state. Deep tropical moisture from Norbert combined with a weak upper level trough will bring an increase of heavy showers especially by Thursday. With trades picking up to moderate to breezy speeds by late Wednesday into Thursday, the focus of the heavy rain will be over windward and mauka areas. A Flood Watch may be warranted especially for Thursday into Thursday night, but we will wait to see what the high res models show as we get closer to the second half of the week. So overall we are expecting a wet, trade wind pattern during the second half of the week.
The Central Pacific Hurricane Season runs until November 30th of this year.
