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ABPZ20 KNHC 221727
TWOEP

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1100 AM PDT Wed Jul 22 2026

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

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane
Fausto, located well west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja
California Peninsula.

Eastern and Central East Pacific:
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles off the coast of Central
America continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers
and thunderstorms. Gradual development of this system is expected,
and a tropical depression is likely to form over the weekend while
it moves generally west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph, remaining
well offshore of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.

Well Southwest of Hawaii:
A trough of low pressure located well southwest of the Hawaiian
Islands is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.
Environmental conditions appear conducive for some gradual
development of this system, and a tropical depression could form
over the weekend or early next week while the system moves slowly
westward to west-northwestward. The system is forecast to move into
the western Pacific basin on Sunday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent.

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Products issued by the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center can be
found at: www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html

Official tropical cyclone forecast information issued by the Japan
Meteorological Agency for the western Pacific basin can be found at:
www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/RSMC_HP.htm

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Forecaster Cangialosi