Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook

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ABPZ20 KNHC 212319
TWOEP 
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 PM PDT Wed Oct 21 2026
For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently 
upgraded Tropical Storm Vance, located several hundred miles 
south of Acapulco, Mexico.
Western Central Pacific:
An area of low pressure is forecast to form near the International 
Date Line, a few hundred miles west-southwest of Johnston Atoll 
late this weekend or early next week.  Environmental conditions 
appear conducive for some gradual development thereafter while the 
system moves generally eastward to east-northeastward.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. 
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
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Public advisories on Tropical Storm Vance are issued under WMO 
header WTPZ32 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPEP2. 
Forecast/advisories on Tropical Storm Vance are issued under WMO 
header WTPZ22 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMEP2.