Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook

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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 AM PDT Tue Aug 18 2026
For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane 
Lala, located a couple hundred miles south-southwest of French 
Frigate Shoals, Hawaii.
South of Mexico:
An area of low pressure is forecast to form several hundred miles 
south of the coast of southern Mexico around the end of the week. 
Gradual development of this system is likely thereafter, and a 
tropical depression is expected to form this weekend while the 
system moves west-northwestward, remaining well offshore of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.
Western Portion of the East Pacific:
A tropical wave located well to the west-southwest of the southern 
tip of the Baja California Peninsula is producing disorganized 
showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear conducive 
for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression 
could form towards the end of the week or over the weekend 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...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent.