000 ABPZ20 KNHC 290508 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Wed Jul 28 2021 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Satellite imagery indicates that shower activity associated with an area of low pressure located about 900 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula is gradually becoming better organized. Environmental conditions are expected to gradually become more favorable for development during the next couple of days, and a tropical depression is likely to form by this weekend while the system moves generally westward at 5 to 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. Satellite imagery indicates that a broad area of low pressure is located several hundred miles offshore of the southwestern coast of Mexico, and that the associated shower activity is showing signs of organization. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for continued gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend or early next week while the system moves westward or west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Beven