000 ABPZ20 KNHC 150523 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Mon Aug 14 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Fernanda, located several hundred miles west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Off the Coast of Southern and Southwestern Mexico (EP90): A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave is producing widespread showers and thunderstorms off the southern coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Environmental conditions appear conducive for development, and a tropical depression is expected to form within the next two days or so, while the system moves west-northwestward, roughly parallel to the coast of southern and southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent. South of Central America and Southern Mexico: An area of low pressure could form south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec over the weekend. Some gradual development of this system is possible thereafter while it moves generally westward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Kelly/Berg