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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1100 AM PDT Wed Oct 18 2023

For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical 
Storm Norma, located several hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, 
Mexico.

South of Southern Mexico:
A broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles south of 
the Gulf of Tehuantepec is producing some disorganized showers and 
thunderstorms. Gradual development of this system is expected, and a 
tropical depression is likely to form over the weekend while the 
system meanders or drifts northwestward over the far eastern portion 
of the basin.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.

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Forecaster Reinhart