000 ABPZ20 KNHC 082312 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Sat Aug 8 2020 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Recent satellite-derived wind data and satellite images indicate that a tropical depression appears to be forming a couple of hundred miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. If this development trend continues, advisories will be initiated this evening or tonight. This system is expected to move west-northwestward over the next few days, remaining well offshore of the coast of southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. An area of low pressure is expected to form by the middle of next week offshore of the southwestern coast of Mexico. Some development is possible thereafter as the system moves generally west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 20 percent. $$ Forecaster Latto