324 ABPZ20 KNHC 100521 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Tue Aug 9 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Howard, located several hundred miles west of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Offshore of Southwestern Mexico: A broad trough of low pressure located several hundred miles south of the coasts of southern and southwestern Mexico is producing a disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form by this weekend while it moves west-northwestward to northwestward, well offshore of the coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Bucci/Beven