Satellite spots potential Pacific storm

GREENBELT, Md., June 6 (UPI) -- NASA says a satellite view of a low pressure system in the Eastern Pacific shows it likely will become the region's first tropical depression of the season.

The agency's Aqua satellite took infrared imagery of the system located about 425 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico, in what meteorologists call a good spot for development, with warm sea surface temperatures and low wind shear, two factors needed to help a tropical cyclone develop, a NASA release said Monday.

Images from the satellite showed a large area of strong convection and thunderstorms around the low-level circulation center of the system.

The National Hurricane Center said this low pressure system has a 90 percent chance of development over the next two days, and if it becomes a tropical storm would get the name Adrian, NASA reported.