000 ABPZ20 KNHC 011138 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Sun Oct 1 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: South of Southwestern Mexico: Shower and thunderstorm activity has increased since yesterday in association with a tropical wave located several hundred miles south of the coast of southern Mexico. Environmental conditions are expected to be favorable for development of this system during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the middle part of this week while it moves generally northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Reinhart