Tropical Storm Beatriz was the second named storm of the 2005 Pacific hurricane season. The precursor to Beatriz was a tropical wave which formed off the east coast of Africa on June 8. The wave traversed the tropical Atlantic ocean for more than a week before entering the Pacific basin on June 17. The wave gradually developed over the next several days and was determined to have become a tropical depression. The storm was given the number Two-E on June 21 while located 385 mi (620 km) south of Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico. Further organization took place and the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Beatriz early the next morning. Beatriz gradually reached its peak intensity on the afternoon of June 22 with winds peaking at 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mbar (hPa; 2