000 ABPZ20 KNHC 111143 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Fri Aug 11 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific (EP98): A broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, continues to produce disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this weekend or early next week while it moves westward or northwestward at about 10 mph across the central portion of the basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. Western East Pacific: Another tropical wave located well to the southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next several days while it moves westward to west-northwestward at about 10 mph across the far western portion of the basin, crossing into the Central Pacific basin on Sunday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent. Off the Coast of Southern Mexico: An area of low pressure is forecast to form offshore of Central America in a few days. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form during the early or middle part of next week while it moves generally west-northwestward, roughly parallel to the coast of southern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Berg