Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook (Text)

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 PM PDT Thu Oct 15 2026

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

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical 
Storm Simon, located a few hundred miles south-southeast of the 
southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, and on Hurricane 
Trudy, located few hundred miles south-southwest of Acapulco, 
Mexico.

South of Southern Mexico:
An area of low pressure is forecast to form offshore of southern 
Mexico during the early to middle part of next week. Environmental 
conditions appear conducive for gradual development thereafter, and 
a tropical depression could form during the second half of next week 
while the system moves generally westward to west-northwestward over 
the east to central portion of the East Pacific. 
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. 
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.

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Forecaster Pierce/Kelly

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