Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook

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ABPZ20 KNHC 051133
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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 AM PDT Mon Oct 5 2026
For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane 
Rachel, located a few hundred miles west-southwest of the southern 
tip of the Baja California Peninsula. 
South of Southern Mexico:
A broad area of low pressure located just to the south of the Gulf 
of Tehuantepec is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. 
Environmental conditions appear favorable for gradual development, 
and a tropical depression is expected to form during the middle to 
latter portion of the week while the system moves slowly 
west-northwestward to northwestward, just offshore of the southern 
to southwestern coast of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.