000 ABPZ20 KNHC 222330 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Fri Sep 22 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific (EP97): Showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave located several hundred miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula continue to show signs of organization. Further development of the disturbance is likely, and a tropical depression is expected to form this weekend or early next week while the system moves generally westward across the central and western parts of the eastern Pacific basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Bucci