Tropical Storm Amanda is the first of the Pacific hurricane season, meteorologists say
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MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Amanda formed Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, marking the first tropical cyclone of the season, the National Hurricane Center said.
Amanda was located about 1,505 miles (2,420 kilometres) west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, according to the Miami-based weather center.
With the centre of the storm at sea, the cyclone posed no immediate threat to land.
Amanda had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph), meteorologists said.
The storm was forecast to strengthen over the next couple of days and then weaken over the weekend.
The Pacific hurricane season started May 15.
The Atlantic hurricane season began Monday, and no cyclones have formed in that basin yet this year.
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