000 ABPZ20 KNHC 130546 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Mon Sep 12 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Southwest of southwestern Mexico: Shower activity associated with a small area of low pressure located a few hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico has diminished somewhat tonight. Environmental conditions are only marginally conducive for additional development during the next day or so as the system moves little before it is forecast to merge with the disturbance to its east by midweek. * 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 continues to produce general disorganized shower activity. 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...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Papin