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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 PM 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 strengthening 
Hurricane Norma, located several hundred miles south-southeast of 
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

South of Southern Mexico (EP91):
A weak area of low pressure located several hundred miles south of 
the Gulf of Tehuantepec is producing a few disorganized showers and 
thunderstorms. Any development of this system during the next couple 
of days is expected to be slow to occur. However, environmental 
conditions are expected to become more favorable for development 
thereafter, and a tropical depression is likely to form over the 
weekend or early next week. The disturbance is forecast to meander 
for the next several days and then drift northward or northwestward 
starting on Sunday or Monday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.

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Forecaster D. Zelinsky