000 ABPZ20 KNHC 091134 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Wed Aug 9 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific: A tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms several hundred miles south of the southern and southwestern coasts of Mexico. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form by the weekend or early next week while it moves generally westward at about 15 mph across the central portion of the basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Reinhart