000 ABPZ20 KNHC 041135 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Thu Nov 4 2021 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Recent satellite wind data indicates that the area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south of El Salvador has become better-defined. In addition, the associated shower and thunderstorm activity has become more concentrated overnight. If this developmental trend continues, then the disturbance will likely become a tropical depression later today. The system is expected to move generally westward well to the south of the coast of Central America and southeastern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. An area of disturbed weather associated with widespread but disorganized showers and thunderstorms is located several hundred miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression could form later this week or this weekend while the disturbance moves westward to west-northwestward at 5 to 10 mph well to the south of the southern coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent. $$ Forecaster Latto