000 ABPZ20 KNHC 171136 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Sun Sep 17 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific: Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure located well south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula are beginning to show signs of organization. Additional development is expected during the next few days and a tropical depression is likely to form by the middle of the week while the system moves west-northwestward over the central and western portions of the basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster D. Zelinsky