000 ABPZ20 KNHC 061133 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Fri Oct 6 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Lidia, located several hundred miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. South of Southern Mexico (EP99): An area of low pressure is centered about 200 miles south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with the low is currently limited and disorganized. However, environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this weekend or early next week. The disturbance is forecast to move slowly west-northwestward for the next two days, and then turn northward and move closer to the southern coast of Mexico on Sunday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster D. Zelinsky