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ABPZ20 KNHC 172312
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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 PM 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 well west-southwest of the southern tip of the
Baja California Peninsula.

Central and Western East Pacific (EP97):
A tropical wave located several hundred miles south-southwest of the
coast of southwestern Mexico continues to produce 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...80 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 latter part of next week. Some
gradual development of this system is possible 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...30 percent.

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Forecaster Reinhart

Source: Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook