Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
292 ABPZ20 KNHC 112126 CCA TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Fri Sep 11 2026 Corrected 48 hour probability category for EP97. For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Norbert, located several hundred miles west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Well Southeast of the Hawaiian Islands: Disorganized showers and thunderstorms located several hundred miles to the southeast of the Hawaiian Islands are associated with a broad trough of low pressure. Some gradual development of this system is possible over the next few days while it moves generally northward and then meanders to the southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent. Central and Western East Pacific (EP97): Showers and thunderstorms are becoming better organized in association with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of the southwestern coast of Mexico. Gradual development of this system is likely, and a tropical depression is expected to form late this weekend or early next week while it moves generally west-northwestward to westward over the central and western portions of the East Pacific. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.