000 ABPZ20 KNHC 141140 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Wed Sep 14 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Southwest of Southwestern Mexico: Showers and thunderstorms have become a little better organized near a small area of low pressure located a few hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. The chances for this low to merge with another area of disturbed weather to its east-southeast appear to be decreasing, and it could become a tropical depression during the couple of days while meandering southwest of the southwestern coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 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 would be conducive for development if the system remains offshore, and a tropical depression could form while moving little off the southern coast of Mexico during the next couple of days, and then moving west-northwestward near the coast of southern and southwestern Mexico over the weekend. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Berg