First Alert: Multiple tropical cyclones churning in the Eastern Pacific

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After a slow start, activity is ramping up in the Eastern Pacific basin as the National Hurricane Center tracks four tropical cyclones.

A disturbance off the Pacific coast of Mexico was upgraded to Tropical Storm Fabio early Monday morning.

Fabio joins tropical storms Carlotta and Emilia. Another cyclone, Daniel, has weakened into a tropical depression.

According to the current forecasts, none of these systems are expected to become hurricanes. They also will not have a direct impact on the islands.

At 11 a.m. Monday, the forecasters said Tropical Storm Carlotta was 1,760 miles east of Hilo. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour and was moving to the west at 8 miles per hour. It is forecast to become post tropical Monday.

Tropical Storm Emilia is in the far eastern North Pacific and was centered 695 miles south-southwest from the southern tip of Baja California. It had maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour and was moving toward the south at 2 miles per hour.

Fabio was centered 345 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, and was moving toward the northwest at 15 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour.

Meanwhile, Daniel weakened into a tropical depression, centered 1,865 miles east-southeast of Hilo and was moving to the northeast at 13 miles per hour (away from the islands) with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour. Daniel is forecast to become a post-tropical remnant low by Monday evening.

Emilia will be interesting to watch, as forecast models show it interacting and eventually absorbing Fabio in about two days. However, there’s low confidence in the forecast, as it is still possible that Fabio could absorb Emilia. In either case, the resulting combined system could become a strong tropical storm, just below hurricane strength, before also weakening well short of the Central Pacific Basin.

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