Thursday 17Oct2019 11pEDT/8pPDT: TD18e becomes Tropical Storm Octave, the 15th named storm of the 2019 East Pacific Hurricane season. On average the 15th named storm genesis date is Nov 5th.
Friday 5aEDT/2aPDT,11pThursHST: Estimated winds 45mph(75km/h), moving W 1mph(2km/h), pressure 1004mb. Located about 1,450miles(2,330km) SW of S tip of Baja. Doing loops, stays out to sea.
Official updates are released by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) every 6 hours at 5 & 11am/pmEDT/HST(2&8a/pPDT) here:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?epac
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