Tropical Depression 6-E in Eastern Pacific expected to become Hurricane Flossie early this week

Tropical Depression Six-E formed successful the Eastern Pacific Ocean aboriginal Sunday greeting conscionable disconnected the seashore of confederate Mexico and is expected to go a hurricane aboriginal this week, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

A tropical slump is simply a tropical cyclone that has maximum sustained winds beneath 39 mph. Once a tropical depression forms, the NHC gives it a fig based connected its bid of enactment successful the hurricane play and a suffix corresponding to the Atlantic and the Eastern and Central Pacific basins. The "E" indicates the depression's location.

The NHC has recorded maximum sustained winds of 30 mph wrong Tropical Depression Six-E.

The NHC said gradual strengthening is forecast implicit the adjacent day, followed by dependable to accelerated strengthening, and Tropical Depression Six-E is expected to go a hurricane connected Tuesday.

A Tropical Storm Watch is successful effect for the southwestern seashore of Mexico from Zihuatanejo to Manzanillo.

Should Tropical Depression Six-E make into Flossie, it would beryllium the sixth named tempest to signifier successful the Eastern Pacific this season.