000 ABPZ20 KNHC 172324 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Tue Oct 17 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on newly formed Tropical Storm Norma, located several hundred miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. South of Guatemala and Eastern Mexico: An area of low pressure is forecast to form south of the coasts of Guatemala and eastern Mexico in a couple of days. Gradual development of this system is expected, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this week or over the weekend while the system meanders over the far eastern portion of the basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent. && Public Advisories on Tropical Storm Norma are issued under WMO header WTPZ32 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPEP2. Forecast/Advisories on Tropical Storm Norma are issued under WMO header WTPZ22 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMEP2. $$ Forecaster Pasch