000 ABPZ20 KNHC 112318 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Fri Aug 11 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific (EP98): Satellite data indicate that the circulation associated with an area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, is gradually becoming better defined. However, the associated shower and thunderstorm activity remains disorganized. 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...50 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. Western East Pacific: A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms well to the east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. Conditions appear conducive for development of this system, and a tropical depression could form during the next few days while moving toward the west or west-northwest 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...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent. Off the Coast of Southern Mexico: An area of low pressure is forecast to form offshore of Central America and the southern coast of Mexico in a couple of days. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the early or middle part of next week while it moves generally west-northwestward, roughly parallel to the coast of southern and southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi