The 2015 East Pacific hurricane season is off with a bang: two hurricanes in less than three weeks since it ‘officially’ started on 15 May.
Historically the East Pacific sub-basin has been a region of active cyclogenesis, where 58 tropical cyclones were generated over the past four years, 20 of them in 2014.
![GOES WEST infrared satellite image [courtesy of NOAA] of 3 June showing Hurricane BLANCA and Tropical Storm ANDRES off the coast of Mexico](https://i0.wp.com/mitigat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BLANCA0603at0645ir22.jpg?resize=474%2C286)
GOES WEST infrared satellite image [courtesy of NOAA] of 3 June showing Hurricane BLANCA and Tropical Storm ANDRES off the coast of Mexico
To the south and southeast of BLANCA there are numerous cells of stormy weather off the coast of Central America and Panama, and farther to the east there are tropical waves, rain cells and other disturbed weather over northern South America and far over the Atlantic along ‘Hurricane Alley’, the Eastern Atlantic south of the Cape Verde Islands and over equatorial Africa. So there is plenty of fuel for future potential cyclonic development in the Eastern Pacific. We will have to keep an eye of what happens in this region.
![GOES EAST infrared satellite image [courtesy of NOAA] of 3 June showing Hurricane BLANCA, TROPICAL WAVES AND OTHER DISTURBED WEATHER CELLS OFF THE COASTAL OF pANAMA AND cENTRAL aMERICA AND IN THE cENTRAL cARIBBEAN](https://i0.wp.com/mitigat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BLANCA0603at0500ir22.jpg?resize=300%2C181)
GOES EAST infrared satellite image [courtesy of NOAA] of 3 June showing Hurricane BLANCA, tropical waves and other disturbed weather off the coast of Central America, Panama and in the central Caribbean

Infrared satellite image of 3 June showing tropical waves riding along ‘Hurricane Alley’ and over Equatorial Africa
There is also a large and still disorganized, but menacing looking, region of disturbed weather over the Central Pacific ocean, which merits observation and follow-up over the next day or so as it is showing some signs of potential cyclonic development.

Infrared satellite image of 3 June showing a still disorganized but large and menacing region of disturbed weather over the Central Pacific ocean, which is being investigated for signs of potential cyclonic development
This is what is happening today in the northern tropics worldwide. There are several months left while the Sun is over the northern hemisphere and the world oceans store all of that heat energy, which may contribute to cyclogenesis. On the other hand there are a developing El Niño over the Pacific, global warming and other potential triggers and contributors to cyclogenesis to contend with.
So, to all interests in vulnerable island nations and coastal regions worldwide I say, be prepared, remain alert, MITIGATE!
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