Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
143 ABPZ20 KNHC 171154 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Thu Sep 17 2026 For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude: Western East Pacific: A tropical wave continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms well to the south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend or early next week as it moves westward at 10 to 15 mph across the western part of the East Pacific. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent. Well East-Southeast of the Hawaiian Islands (Former TD15-E): Showers and thunderstorms have increased somewhat with an area of low pressure related to the remnants of Tropical Depression Fifteen-E. Environmental conditions appear only marginally conducive for some development of this system as it moves gradually westward, remaining east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent. Southwest of Southwestern Mexico: Another tropical wave is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms several hundred miles south of southwestern Mexico. Environmental conditions also appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this weekend or early next week while it moves gradually northwestward turning northward off the coast of southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.