877 ABPZ20 KNHC 012333 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Tue Aug 1 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Dora, located several hundred miles off the southwestern coast of Mexico. Off the coast of Southwestern Mexico: An area of low pressure is forecast to form in a day or two a few hundred miles south of the coast of southwestern Mexico. Thereafter, gradual development of this system is possible, and a tropical depression could form over the weekend while it moves west-northwestward or northwestward, roughly parallel to the southwestern coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Kelly/Blake