000 ABPZ20 KNHC 231117 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Sat Sep 23 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Central East Pacific (EP97): An area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula has changed little in organization during the past 24 hours. Gradual development of the disturbance is still expected, and a tropical depression will likely form by 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 D. Zelinsky