902
ABPZ20 KNHC 161724
TWOEP

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1100 AM PDT Sun Aug 16 2026

For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude:

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Lala, located southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.

South of Mexico:
An area of low pressure could form several hundred miles south of
the coast of southern Mexico around the middle part of the week.
Gradual development of this system is possible thereafter, and a
tropical depression could develop towards the end of the week or
during the weekend while the system moves west-northwestward, while
staying south of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.

Western Portion of the East Pacific:
A broad area of low pressure could form well to the southeast of the
Hawaiian Islands during the middle to latter part of the week.
Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of
this system, and a tropical depression could form towards the end of
the week and into the weekend, while the system moves generally
westward across the western portion of the east Pacific and into the
central Pacific.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.

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Forecaster Katz/Kelly