000 ABPZ20 KNHC 311745 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Wed Aug 31 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Offshore of Southwestern Mexico: A broad area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Satellite-derived wind data indicate that this system is developing a low-level circulation, and a tropical depression is likely to form within the next day or so. The system is forecast to move west-northwestward or northwestward during the next few days, likely remaining a few hundred miles off the coast of southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. South of Southern Mexico: An area of low pressure is forecast to form south of the southern coast of Mexico by late this week. Gradual development of this system is possible thereafter, and a tropical depression could form by early next week while the disturbance moves westward or west-northwestward near the coast of southern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. $$ Forecaster Pasch