000 ABPZ20 KNHC 071137 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Fri Aug 7 2020 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Showers and thunderstorms have increased since yesterday in association with a tropical wave located south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Environmental conditions are forecast to become increasingly conducive for development, and a tropical depression is expected to form early next week while the system moves generally west-northwestward, offshore of southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake