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Tropical Weather Outlook

Status

Issued Active alert

Start Time

Thu 10/08/2026 08:00 PM EDT

End Time

Fri 10/09/2026 02:00 AM EDT

Impacts

Informational

Full Alert Message

Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Thu Oct 8 2026 For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Rachel, located several hundred miles west of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, and on Tropical Storm Simon, located a couple of hundred miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico. South of Guatemala: An area of low pressure is forecast to form south of the coast of Guatemala early next week. Environmental conditions appear conducive for some gradual development of this system thereafter, and a tropical depression could form as it moves generally west-northwestward at around 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.