Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
733 ABPZ20 KNHC 180554 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Thu Sep 17 2026 For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude: Western East Pacific (EP98): Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure located well southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula remain disorganized. Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend as it moves westward at 10 to 15 mph across the western East Pacific. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. Well East-Southeast of the Hawaiian Islands (Former TD15-E): Showers and thunderstorms associated with the remnants of Tropical Depression Fifteen-E remain limited. Environmental conditions appear conducive for some development of this system as it moves gradually westward to west-southwestward, remaining well east-southeast to southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent. South of Southwestern Mexico: Disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave are located several hundred miles south-southwest of southwestern 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.