Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
684 ABPZ20 KNHC 161150 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Sun Aug 16 2026 For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Lala, located about one hundred miles south of Honolulu, Hawaii. South of Mexico: An area of low pressure could form several hundred miles south of the coast of southern Mexico around the middle part of the week. Gradual development of this system is possible thereafter, and a tropical depression could develop towards the end of the week or over the weekend while the system moves west-northwestward, well south of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent. Western Portion of the East Pacific: A broad area of low pressure could form well to the southeast of the Hawaiian Islands during the middle to latter part of the week. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form late this week while the system moves generally westward across the western portion of the east Pacific and into the central Pacific. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.