000 ABPZ20 KNHC 152311 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Tue Aug 15 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 Southwestern Mexico (EP90): Showers and thunderstorms are beginning to show signs of organization in association with a broad area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south of Acapulco, Mexico. Environmental conditions appear conducive for continued development, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is anticipated to form within the next day or so. The system is expected to move west-northwestward to northwestward, roughly parallel to the coast of southwestern Mexico and the Baja California peninsula during the next several days. Additional information on this system, including gale warnings, can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 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 west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent. && High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFEPI, WMO header FZPN02 KWBC, and on the web at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFEPI.php $$ Forecaster Cangialosi