Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
735 ABPZ20 KNHC 171753 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL Issued by the NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 1100 AM PDT Thu Sep 17 2026 For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude: Western East Pacific: A tropical wave located well to the south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula is showing signs of organization. Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend or early next week as it moves westward at at 10 to 15 mph across the western part of the East Pacific. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. Well East-Southeast of the Hawaiian Islands (Former TD15-E): Showers and thunderstorms continue in association with 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...20 percent. South of Southern Mexico: Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue with a tropical wave located several hundred miles south of southern Mexico. Environmental conditions remain 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 and then northward off the coast of southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.