Could Tropical Storm Alvin form off Mexico's coast next week?
The National Hurricane Center said that conditions appear to be favorable for development of the system. If it forms into a tropical storm or hurricane, it will receive the name Alvin.
HURRICANE HQ: Tropical Depression or Tropical Storm Alvin could form off Mexico's coast next week
The development chances for an area to watch in the Eastern Pacific continue to rise, and the system could become a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Alvin next week. FOX Weather Meteorologists Stephen Morgan and Marissa Torres have the latest on May 22, 2025.
Development chances continue to grow for an area of low pressure that could form off the southern coast of Mexico just one week after the official start of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season.
Hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific begins on May 15, while the official start to the Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1.
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According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the area of low pressure could form late this weekend or early next week, several hundred miles south of the southern coast of Mexico.
The NHC said that conditions appear to be favorable for development of the system, and a tropical depression could form around the middle of next week while it moves west to west-northwestward at 10-15 mph.
The system currently has a medium chance of developing over the next week.
If the system continues to develop and forms into a tropical storm or hurricane, it will receive the name Alvin.