ABPZ20 KNHC 172312
TWOEP 

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