While conditions remain relatively quiet in the Atlantic Basin this Friday morning, there is activity over in the Eastern Pacific. Looking at the latest map courtesy of the National Hurricane Center, there are two areas of trouble in the EPAC. One is a disturbance located some 150 miles to the South-Southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. The other is Tropical Storm Marty.

The disturbance, which is a small area of low pressure, has limited shower and thunderstorm activity associated with it. However, upper level winds and sea surface temperatures in the area appear to support some development as the low heads to the West-Northwest at 10 miles per hour. The NHC gives this disturbance about a 30 to 50 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours. Meanwhile, further to the West is Marty.

Tropical Storm Marty emerged in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday, September 16th. First forming as a tropical depression, Marty became the thirteenth named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific this season later in the morning on Wednesday. Since then, the storm has grown to have winds of only 45 miles per hour before weakening earlier today.

Currently, Marty is still hanging on to tropical storm status. Located some 360 miles to the West-Southwest of Baja California, the storm still has winds of minimal tropical storm strength at 40 miles per hour. Wind gusts with this system are as high as 50 miles per hour (45 knots). Minimum central pressure associated with Marty has risen to 1004 millibars, or 29.65 inches of Hg. The storm is moving slowly to the Northwest at 7 miles per hour.

Tropical storm force winds extend some 70 miles from the center of circulation, which is forecast to gradually weaken into a remnant low in the next 48 hours.