000 ABPZ20 KNHC 082329 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Mon Aug 8 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently upgraded Hurricane Howard, located a few hundred miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Offshore of Southwest Mexico: An area of low pressure is forecast to form a few hundred miles south of southwestern Mexico in a couple of days. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form late this week while it moves west-northwestward, well offshore of the coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. Well East-Southeast of the Hawaiian Islands: A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms is associated with a broad trough of low pressure located more than 1000 miles east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. Environmental conditions have become less conducive, and additional development is no longer expected as the disturbance moves westward toward the central Pacific basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent. $$ Forecaster Latto