NHC tracks Hurricane Barbara, Tropical Storm Cosme
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The first hurricane in the Pacific doesn’t typically arrive until the last week of June. Three have been named so far this season.
The third tropical storm of the season has formed in the eastern Pacific, while storms and hail plague the US Plains.
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The St. Lucie News-Tribune on MSNNational Hurricane Center watching 3 tropical waves. See where heat index could hit 107 in FloridaIn the Atlantic basin, the National Hurricane Center is watching three tropical waves, including one in the Caribbean.
Hurricane Barbara formed southwest of Mexico in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday morning, making it the first hurricane of the 2025 season.
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.
Tropical Storm Alvin was located about 670 miles (1,080 kilometers) south-southeast of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Barbara and Tropical Storm Cosme mark the second and third named storms of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season.