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ABPZ20 KNHC 181142

TWOEP



Tropical Weather Outlook

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL

500 AM PDT Wed Oct 18 2023



For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:



Active Systems:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical

Storm Norma, located several hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo,

Mexico.



South of Southern Mexico:

A broad area of low pressure has formed several hundred miles south

of the Gulf of Tehuantepec but is only producing a few disorganized

showers and thunderstorms. Gradual development of this system is

expected, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this week

or over the weekend while the system meanders or drifts

northwestward over the far eastern portion of the basin.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.

* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.



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Public Advisories on Norma are issued under WMO header WTPZ32 KNHC

and under AWIPS header MIATCPEP2. Forecast/Advisories on Norma are

issued under WMO header WTPZ22 KNHC and under AWIPS header

MIATCMEP2.



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Forecaster Berg


Source: Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook