000 ABPZ20 KNHC 121733 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Mon Sep 12 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Southwest of southwestern Mexico: A small area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico continues to produce an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms to the southwest of its center. Although environmental conditions are only marginally conducive, some additional gradual development is possible during the next day or two. The system is forecast to move little through midweek, then merge with the disturbance to its east shortly thereafter. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. Near the coast of southern Mexico: A trough of low pressure located along the coast of southern Mexico is producing disorganized cloudiness and showers. This system is forecast to interact and merge with the disturbance off the southwestern coast of Mexico around midweek, and environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for development by that time. A tropical depression is likely to form during the latter part of this week while the system moves slowly westward near the coast of southern and southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Brown