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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 AM PDT Sat Aug 5 2023

For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane 
Dora, located more than 1500 miles west-southwest of the southern 
tip of the Baja California Peninsula.

Off the coast of Southwestern Mexico (EP97):
During the past several hours, showers and thunderstorms have 
increased in association with a low pressure area centered about 
150 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Environmental conditions 
are conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression 
is likely to form later today or tonight.  The disturbance is 
forecast to move northwestward at about 15 mph, parallel to but not 
far offshore of the southwestern coast of Mexico.  Interests along 
the southwestern coast of Mexico and the southern portion of the 
Baja California peninsula should monitor the progress of this 
system this weekend.  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.

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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 

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Forecaster Beven