000 ABPZ20 KNHC 042338 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Sat Sep 4 2021 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: An area of low pressure is forecast to develop in a day or two off the southwestern coast of Mexico. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development thereafter, and the system is likely to become a tropical depression around the middle of next week while it moves west-northwestward or northwestward just offshore the southwestern coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. Another area of low pressure is forecast to form in a couple of days well to the southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Some slow development is possible while the system remains nearly stationary out over the open eastern Pacific Ocean. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Stewart