NASA sees first tropical depression of Eastern Pacific hurricane season
Friday, May 23, 2014 - 12:00
in Earth & Climate
One week after the official start of hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the first tropical depression was born hundreds of miles southwest of Mexico. NASA's TRMM satellite and NOAA's GOES-West satellites provided looks inside and outside of the depression's clouds. Hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific began officially on May 15.