000 ABPZ20 KNHC 182333 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Mon Sep 18 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific (EP95): A low pressure system located well southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula has become better defined today. The associated shower and thunderstorm activity has decreased slightly during the past several hours but is also showing signs of becoming more organized. Further development is expected and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next day or so. This system is forecast to move slowly west-northwestward for the next 24 hours, and then turn northward by late Wednesday over the western portion of the basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster D. Zelinsky