898 ABPZ20 KNHC 190515 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Mon Sep 18 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific (EP95): Showers and thunderstorms have increased near an area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Environmental conditions appear to be conducive for further development, and this low is expected to become a tropical depression on Tuesday. This system is forecast to move slowly west-northwestward for the next day or so and then turn northward by late Wednesday over the western portion of the basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake