Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook

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ABPZ20 KNHC 081144
TWOEP 
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 AM PDT Thu Oct 8 2026
For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently 
downgraded Tropical Storm Rachel, located several hundred miles west 
of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, and on 
Tropical Storm Simon, located a couple of hundred miles off the 
coast of southwestern Mexico.
South of Guatemala:
An area of low pressure is forecast to form south of the coast of 
Guatemala early next week. Environmental conditions appear conducive 
for some gradual development of this system thereafter, and a 
tropical depression could form as it moves generally 
west-northwestward at around 10 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.
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Public Advisories on Tropical Storm Simon are issued under WMO 
header WTPZ35 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPEP5.
Forecast/Advisories on Tropical Storm Simon are issued under WMO 
header WTPZ25 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMEP5.