The latest name assigned to a tropical storm – Flossie – in the Eastern Pacific prompted more than a few raised eyebrows and jokes on social media. Flossie? The name is far more associated with cows in literature and even a long-lived cat in the Guinness Book of World Records than a potentially disastrous storm.

According the the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Flossie could strengthen into a hurricane as early as Monday.

Flossie was a tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean Monday morning Mexico Central Time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical storm had sustained wind speeds of 65 miles per hour.

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Tropical Storm Andrea formed over the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday morning, marking the first named storm of the 2025 hurricane season.

A sixth named storm has formed just six weeks into the eastern Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storm Flossie materialized over the weekend about 400 miles west of Nicaragua, and could skim along Mexico’s west coast before bringing wet weather to the Baja Peninsula late in the week.