000 ABPZ20 KNHC 061136 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Sat Aug 6 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Offshore of Southwestern Mexico: Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with an elongated area of low pressure located offshore of the coast of southwestern Mexico continues to show increased signs of organization. If current trends continue, a tropical depression is likely to form later today or tonight. 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, including gale warnings, 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 or the far eastern portion of the central 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. Future 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 Reinhart