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Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
2018-10-18 19:39:20| National Hurricane Center (East Pacific)
000 ABPZ20 KNHC 181739 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Thu Oct 18 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: An extensive area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms extends from Central America westward to the south of the coast of Mexico for several hundred miles. A broad area of low pressure is embedded within this region of disturbed weather near the Gulf of Tehuantepec, but satellite images indicate that the system has lost organization compared to the past couple of days. Still, environmental conditions appear conducive for development, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is likely to form over the weekend or early next week while the system moves generally west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph near or just offshore the coast of southern Mexico. Additional information on this system can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. && For additional information on the low near the Gulf of Tehuantepec please see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service, under AWIPS header NFDHSFEPI, WMO header FZPN02 KWBC, and on the web at https://ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFEPI.shtml. $$ Forecaster Berg
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