000 ABPZ20 KNHC 060531 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 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 and thunderstorm activity associated with an elongated area of low pressure area located offshore of the coasts of southern and southwestern Mexico continues to gradually become better organized. If current trends continue, a tropical depression is likely to form on Saturday or Saturday night. 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. Additional information on this system can be found in high seas forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 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 late this weekend. Environmental conditions could allow for some gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form when it moves quickly westward over the central Pacific basin during the early to middle part of next week. Additional information on this system can be found in Tropical Weather Outlooks issued by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 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 Tropical Weather Outlooks issued by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center can be found under AWIPS header HFOTWOCP, WMO header ACPN50 PHFO, and on the web at hurricanes.gov/?cpac $$ Forecaster Brown