Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook

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ABPZ20 KNHC 301732
TWOEP 
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1100 AM PDT Sun Aug 30 2026
For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane 
Karina, located well west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja 
California Peninsula, and on Tropical Storm Lowell, located well 
east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. 
Well Offshore of Southwestern Mexico:
A tropical wave with disorganized showers and thunderstorms, is 
located well to the south of southwestern Mexico. This system is 
expected to continue to move west-northwestward to northwestward at 
10 to 15 mph. Environmental conditions appear favorable for gradual 
development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to 
form during the early to middle part of next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
Central Pacific:
An area of low pressure could form well south or southwest of the 
Hawaiian Islands in the next couple of days. Some gradual 
development is possible thereafter while it moves slowly westward 
across the central Pacific.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.