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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 PM PDT Mon Aug 31 2026

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

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane 
Karina, located well west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja 
California Peninsula, and on Tropical Storm Lowell, located well 
southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. 

Well Offshore of Southwestern Mexico (EP95):
Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low 
pressure located several hundred miles south-southwest of the coast 
of southwestern Mexico are continuing to become better organized. 
The environmental conditions are conducive for development, and a 
tropical depression or tropical storm is expected to form later 
tonight or by early tomorrow morning as the system moves 
northwestward around 10 mph. For more information, including storm 
warnings, please see High Seas forecast issued by National Weather 
Service. 
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.

Central Pacific:
An area of showers and thunderstorms are located well south or 
southwest of the Hawaiian Islands. Development of this system is 
becoming less likely as it drifts slowly westward.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 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 Evans/Kelly