Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook

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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1100 AM PDT Fri Oct 9 2026
For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical 
Storm Rachel, located several hundred miles west of the southern tip 
of the Baja California Peninsula, and on Hurricane Simon, located a 
couple of hundred miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico.
South of Guatemala:
An area of low pressure is forecast to form south of the coast of 
Guatemala early next week. Environmental conditions are expected to 
be conducive for gradual development thereafter, and a tropical 
depression is likely to form by late next week as the system moves 
generally west-northwestward at around 10 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.