000 ABPZ20 KNHC 191748 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Wed Oct 19 2022 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Offshore of Southern Mexico: Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a low pressure area located a couple hundred miles south of the southern coast of Mexico continues to become better organized. In addition, recent satellite wind data indicates the circulation is becoming better defined. Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development and a tropical depression is expected to form later today or tonight as the system moves generally west-northwestward, parallel to the southwestern coast of Mexico. Interests along the southwestern and western coasts of Mexico should monitor the progress of this system. 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...near 100 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...near 100 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 Beven