000 ABPZ20 KNHC 022326 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Sat Sep 2 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific: A tropical wave is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms a couple of hundred miles south of the coast of southern Mexico. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is expected to form by the middle of next week. The system is forecast to move westward to west-northwestward, passing well south of mainland Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi