ABPZ20 KNHC 181146

TWOEP 



Tropical Weather Outlook

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL

500 AM PDT Sat Jul 18 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 East Pacific (EP97):

Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue to develop around a 

broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles 

south-southwest of the coast of southwestern Mexico. Environmental 

conditions appear conducive for development of this system, and a 

tropical depression is expected to form within the next day or so 

while moving west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph over the central 

portion of the eastern Pacific. For additional information on this 

system, including gale warnings, please see High Seas Forecasts 

issued by the National Weather Service.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 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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High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service

can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFEPI, WMO header FZPN02 

KWBC, and on the web at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFEPI.php 



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Forecaster Katz/Cangialosi