Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook

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ABPZ20 KNHC 122335
TWOEP 
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 PM PDT Sat Sep 12 2026
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 well west-southwest of the southern tip of 
the Baja California Peninsula.
Central and Western East Pacific (EP97):
Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure 
located several hundred miles southwest of the southwestern coast of 
Mexico remain disorganized. Environmental conditions appear 
conducive for development, and a tropical depression is expected to 
form during the next couple of days while it moves generally 
west-northwestward to westward over the central and western portions 
of the eastern Pacific basin. For more information, including gale 
warnings, please see the High Seas Forecast issued by the National 
Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
Well Southeast of the Hawaiian Islands:
A broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles 
southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, is producing disorganized showers and 
thunderstorms.  Development of this system, if any, is expected to 
be slow to occur while it drifts generally west-northwestward.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.
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High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service
can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFEPI, WMO header FZPN02 
KWBC, and on the web at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFEPI.php