000 ABPZ20 KNHC 090537 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Mon Aug 8 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Howard, located a few hundred miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Offshore of Southwest Mexico: An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure is currently located several hundred miles south of southern Mexico. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form late this week while it moves west-northwestward, well offshore of the coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Bucci/Brown