000 ABPZ20 KNHC 081723 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 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. If this trend continues, advisories will likely be initiated on this system later today or tonight. The low is expected to move generally west-northwestward, away from the coast of mainland Mexico during the next few days. 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 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