000 ABPZ20 KNHC 092303 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Mon Aug 9 2021 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Kevin, located several hundred miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Satellite data indicate that a large low pressure system located about 300 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico, is becoming better defined. In addition, showers and thunderstorms are beginning to show signs of organization, and environmental conditions are conducive for further development. A tropical depression is likely to form later tonight or early Tuesday while the low moves west-northwestward to westward at 10 to 15 mph through midweek, parallel to and well offshore the coasts of southern and southwestern Mexico. Additional information on this system can be found in high seas forecasts issued by the NOAA National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. && High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFEPI, WMO header FZPN02 KWBC, and on the web at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFEPI.php. $$ Forecaster Stewart