000 ABPZ20 KNHC 081730 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Tue Aug 8 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific: An area of low pressure could form late this week several hundred miles south or southwest of the southwestern coast of Mexico. Some gradual development of this system is possible thereafter, and a tropical depression could form over the weekend while it moves generally westward across the central portion of the basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent. $$ Forecaster Reinhart