000 ABPZ20 KNHC 020519 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Sun Oct 1 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: South of Southwestern Mexico (EP98): Shower and thunderstorm activity has become more concentrated in association with a developing area of low pressure located several hundred miles south of the coast of southern and southwestern Mexico. Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression is expected to form in the next day or two while it moves west-northwestward to northwestward at about 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent. South of Central America: A broad area of low pressure could form a few hundred miles south of the coast of Central America toward the end of this week. Thereafter, environmental conditions are forecast to be favorable for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form by next weekend as it moves slowly westward to west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent. $$ Forecaster Papin