000 ABPZ20 KNHC 052345 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Fri Aug 5 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Offshore of Southwestern Mexico: Satellite imagery indicates that shower activity associated with a broad low pressure area located offshore of the coasts of southern and southwestern Mexico is getting better organized. If current trends continue, a tropical depression is likely to form in the next day or two. The system is forecast to move generally west-northwestward at about 15 mph through early next week, remaining well offshore of the coast of southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. Well Southeast of the Main Hawaiian Islands: An area of low pressure could form over the far western portion of the eastern Pacific basin this weekend. Environmental conditions should allow for some gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form during the early or middle part of next week while it moves quickly westward over the central Pacific basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent. $$ Forecaster Beven