000 ABPZ20 KNHC 281742 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Fri Jul 28 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Offshore of Southern Mexico: A tropical wave located near the eastern coast of Central America is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms. The system is forecast to move across Central America and over the eastern Pacific during the next day or so, and an area of low pressure is expected to form off the coast of southern Mexico later this weekend. Thereafter, gradual development of this system is forecast and a tropical depression will likely form while it moves generally west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph, roughly parallel to the coasts of southern and southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Bucci