000 ABPZ20 KNHC 132334 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Tue Sep 13 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 to the southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, is producing showers and thunderstorms on its west side. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next day or so before it likely merges with the larger disturbance to its east-southeast. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. Near the coast of southern Mexico: A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms a couple of hundred miles off the coast of southern Mexico is associated with a trough of low pressure. Environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form toward the end of the week while the system moves slowly westward near the coast of southern and southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi