Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook

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ABPZ20 KNHC 271147
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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 AM PDT Thu Aug 27 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 several hundred miles north of Kure Atoll. 
Central East Pacific (EP93):
Showers and thunderstorms continue to show signs of organization in 
association with a low pressure system located about 900 miles 
south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. 
Environmental conditions are expected to support continued 
development of this system, and a tropical depression is expected to 
form later today or tonight. The system is forecast to move 
west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph, well offshore of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
Western East Pacific (EP94):
Showers and thunderstorms associated with a low pressure area 
located well east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands have become a 
little better organized. Environmental conditions appear conducive 
for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to 
form over the next days while the system drifts to the northeast, 
before turning westward this weekend.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
Well Offshore of Southwestern Mexico:
An area of low pressure is forecast to form this weekend well to the 
south of southwestern Mexico. Environmental conditions appear 
favorable for gradual development of this system, and a tropical 
depression is likely to form early next week while it moves westward 
to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. 
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.
Central Pacific:
An area of low pressure could form well south of the Hawaiian 
Islands over the weekend or early next week. Some gradual 
development is possible thereafter while the system moves slowly 
west-northwestward, well south-southwest of the Hawaiian Islands.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.