000 ABPZ20 KNHC 092340 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Wed Jun 9 2021 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A broad area of low pressure is expected to form a couple of hundred miles south of the coasts of southern Mexico and Guatemala during the next day or two. Environmental conditions appear favorable for some gradual development thereafter, and a tropical depression could form this weekend while the system drifts generally northward. Regardless of development, heavy rainfall could occur over portions of Central America and southern Mexico late this week and into the weekend. See products from your local meteorological service for more information. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. $$ Forecaster Papin/Stewart