000 ABPZ20 KNHC 081129 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Sat Jul 8 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Offshore of Southwestern Mexico (EP93): Showers and thunderstorms continue to gradually become better organized in association with a large area of low pressure located a few hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Environmental conditions are expected to remain conducive for additional slow development, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is likely to form later today or tonight while the disturbance moves generally west-northwestward, away from the coast of mainland 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 7 days...high...90 percent. Offshore of Southern Mexico: A trough of low pressure a few hundred miles south-southeast of southern Mexico is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the early to middle portions of next week. The system is expected to move westward to west-northwestward parallel to, but well offshore of the coast of southern and southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 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