236 ABPZ20 KNHC 131134 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Offshore of Southwestern Mexico: Overnight satellite-derived winds showed a small surface circulation has formed in association with the low pressure area located a few hundred miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. The associated shower and thunderstorm activity has also increased within the past few hours. If this activity were to continue, a short-lived tropical depression could form later today or this evening while the system moves west-northwestward to northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. By Sunday, upper-level winds are forecast to strengthen over the system, and further development is not expected. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Bucci/Brown