Potential Tropical Cyclone 5-E in Pacific could soon become Hurricane Erick

Potential Tropical Cyclone Five-E is now Tropical Depression Five-E and coverage can be found here.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) designated Potential Tropical Cyclone Five-E in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, with the forecast calling for the system to eventually become Hurricane Erick.

The cluster of storms off the coast of Central America was previously know as Invest 94E. An invest is a naming convention used to identify areas the NHC is investigating for possible development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next seven days.

According to the NHC, PTC Five-E has a high likelihood of becoming Tropical Storm Erick by Tuesday and Hurricane Erick by Wednesday. Forecasters said the storm will bring heavy rain to Central America and southeastern Mexico this week.

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Future Erick could be first named storm of 2025 to make landfall from either Eastern Pacific, Atlantic Basin

If and when PTC Five-E becomes Erick, it would be the fifth named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific this season.

According to the NHC, PTC Five-E is located off the coasts of El Salvador, Guatemala and southeastern Mexico, where 3-5 inches of rain is expected to fall. Localized pockets of up to 8 inches of rain are likely.

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The forecast calls for Erick to head toward the southern coast of Mexico and make landfall by the end of the week. It would be the first storm of the 2025 season to make landfall.

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Future Erick’s impacts could be felt as far north as Texas 

Some computer forecast models suggest that the deep tropical moisture from eventual Erick could drift north and reach parts of extreme South Texas later in the week.

The could mean heavy rain across that part of the state.