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ABPZ20 KNHC 171749
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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1100 AM PDT Fri Jul 17 2026

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

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Elida, located several hundred miles west-southwest of the
southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula.

Well Southwest of the Hawaiian Islands (CP90):
A broad area of low pressure located a few hundred miles southeast
of Johnston Atoll is producing disorganized showers and
thunderstorms away from the center. Environmental conditions are
expected to become increasingly unfavorable, and development is
no longer expected.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...near 0 percent.

Central and Western East Pacific (EP97):
A tropical wave located several hundred miles south-southwest of
the coast of southwestern Mexico is producing a large area of
disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions
appear conducive for development of this system, and a tropical
depression is expected to form over the weekend while it moves
west-northwestward to northwestward at 10 to 15 mph over the central
portion of the eastern Pacific.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.

Eastern and Central East Pacific:
A broad area of low pressure is forecast to develop well to the
south of Mexico during the middle to the end of next week.
Environmental conditions could support some gradual development of
this system thereafter while it moves westward to west-northwestward
across the eastern and central portions of the eastern Pacific.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.

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Forecaster Katz/Cangialosi

Source: Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook