Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
741 ABPZ20 KNHC 311124 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Mon Aug 31 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 (EP95): Showers and thunderstorms are showing signs of organization in association with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles south-southwest of the coast of southwestern Mexico. Environmental conditions are conducive for development, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is expected to form later today or tonight, while the system moves northwestward around 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 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 a couple of days. Some gradual development is possible thereafter while it moves slowly and erratically. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.