241 ABPZ20 KNHC 011738 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Thu Sep 1 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Offshore of West-Central Mexico: Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure located about 300 miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula are gradually becoming better organized. Environmental conditions appear favorable for development of this system, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is forecast to form later today or tonight while moving northwestward at about 10 mph, likely remaining a couple of hundred miles off the western coast of Baja California Sur. 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. South of Southern Mexico: A tropical wave is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms near the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Gradual development of this system is expected, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this weekend or early next week while it moves westward or west-northwestward near the coast of southern and southwestern Mexico. Interests in southern and southwestern Mexico should monitor the progress of this system. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 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 $$ Forecaster Cangialosi