000 ABPZ20 KNHC 240501 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Mon May 23 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central portion of the eastern Pacific: Disorganized showers and thunderstorms located several hundred miles off the coast of southwestern Mexico are associated with a trough of low pressure. Development, if any, of this system should be slow to occur while it moves little during the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. South of the Gulf of Tehuantepec: A broad area of low pressure is forecast to form by the end of the week a few hundred miles south or southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Gradual development is possible thereafter, and a tropical depression could form this weekend while the system moves westward or west-northwestward at 5 to 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi