000 ABPZ20 KNHC 241137 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Tue May 24 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. Environmental conditions could support some slow development during the next couple of days while this system moves little. Upper-level winds are forecast to become too strong for development late this week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 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 in a couple of days a few hundred miles south or southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Further development is possible thereafter, and a tropical depression could form late this week or this weekend while the system moves west-northwestward or northwestward at 5 to 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake