Newly formed tropical depression forecast to become a hurricane
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This satellite image shows Tropical Depression 13E just west of Mexico. Another storm system west of 13E, near the bottom center of the image, has an 80 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression by this weekend.
Tropical Depression 13E, one of two systems in the East Pacific, formed this morning and is expected to intensify into a tropical storm by Thursday and could become a hurricane by the weekend.
The storm system, which will be named Lester if it reaches tropical storm strength, is too far away from Hawaii to say if it will affect Hawaii’s weather, but another system west of 13E could bring more humidity and the chance of rain to the islands as it moves near the state.
At 5 p.m., Tropical Depression 13E was about 490 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, moving west-northwest at 12 mph. It had sustained wind of 35 mph.
Another area of thunderstorms west of 13E has an 80 percent chance of intensifying into a tropical depression over the next few days. That system was about 1,300 miles southwest of Baja California. It is moving west to northwest and could pass near Hawaii next week.
