Tropical Depression Fifteen-E Holds Steady, Moving Westward in Eastern Pacific
If you have sailings planned in the Eastern Pacific, note that Tropical Depression Fifteen-E was about 950 miles west-southwest of Baja California as of the September 15 advisory, moving west at 10 mph with 35 mph winds. The National Hurricane Center reports no coastal watches or warnings in effect and no hazards to land at this time. Check the next NHC advisory, due at 8:00 a.m. PDT, for any changes to the system's track or strength.
Reading the raw advisory, there isn't much drama here yet: a 35 mph depression sitting nearly 1,000 miles off Baja, drifting west at a crawl, with the NHC itself flagging zero coastal watches and no hazards to land. My read is this is a system to log, not to lose sleep over — the central pressure of 1005 mb and forecast of "little change in strength" over the next couple of days tell me this isn't shaping up into a fast riser. If I had a booking anywhere near the Eastern Pacific in the coming days, I'd simply bookmark the 8:00 a.m. PDT follow-up advisory rather than call my cruise line. The story here is really the absence of a story — no warnings, no hazards, just a slow-moving depression the NHC is tracking by the numbers.