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ABPZ20 KNHC 240503
TWOEP

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1100 PM PDT Thu Jul 23 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 east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands.

Eastern and Central East Pacific (EP98):
An area of low pressure located several hundred miles south of the
coast of southern Mexico is producing a large area of showers and
thunderstorms that are showing signs of becoming better organized.
Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development
of this system, and a tropical depression or storm is likely to form
in the next day or so, while the system moves generally
west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph and remains well offshore of
Mexico. Additional information on this system, including storm
warnings, can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National
Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.

Well Southwest of Hawaii:
An area 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 while it moves slowly west to
west-northwestward, and a tropical depression is likely to form
after it enters the western Pacific basin later this weekend or
early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 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

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.html

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Forecaster Mahoney/Kelly