000 ABPZ20 KNHC 010516 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Thu Aug 31 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific: An area of low-pressure is expected to form several hundred miles south of the southwestern coast of Mexico early next week. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development of this system during the middle to later parts of next week while it moves west-northwestward over the central eastern Pacific. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent. $$ Forecaster Brown