000 ABPZ20 KNHC 060554 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Fri Nov 5 2021 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Eighteen-E, located about 500 miles south of Salina Cruz, Mexico. Showers and thunderstorms have continued to increase over the past few hours in association with an area of low pressure located several hundred miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. However, recent satellite-derived surface wind data indicate that center of circulation is elongated and not well defined. A short-lived tropical depression is still likely to form later today while the system moves west-northwestward at 5 to 10 mph. Environmental conditions are forecast to become unfavorable for further development by late Sunday into early next week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Stewart