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Eastern Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook


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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 PM PDT Sun Oct 18 2026

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

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane 
Trudy, located offshore of southwestern Mexico.

South of Southern Mexico:
An area of low pressure is developing well offshore to the south of 
the coasts of Guatemala and El Salvador. Environmental conditions 
appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a 
tropical depression is expected to form around the middle of this 
week as the system moves westward to west-northwestward, remaining 
well south of the coasts of Central America and southern Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. 
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.

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Forecaster Katz/Papin