000 ABPZ20 KNHC 131122 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Fri Oct 13 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: South of Southwestern Mexico: An area of low pressure is expected to form several hundred miles south of the southwestern coast of Mexico by the middle of next week. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for at least gradual development after that, and a tropical depression could form during the later portion of the week while the system drifts slowly northward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent. $$ Forecaster D. Zelinsky