000 ABPZ20 KNHC 151139 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Wed Jun 15 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Blas, located a few hundred miles south of the southwest coast of Mexico. Off the coast of Central America: A large area of showers and thunderstorms off the coast of Guatemala and El Salvador are associated with a trough of low pressure. Gradual development of this system is possible while it drifts erratically, and it could become a tropical depression during the next couple of days. Environmental conditions are forecast to become less conducive for development by this weekend. Regardless of development, locally heavy rains are possible across portions of El Salvador, Guatemala, and southeastern Mexico during the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Brown