000 ABPZ20 KNHC 191154 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Thu Oct 19 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Norma, located several hundred miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. South of Southern Mexico (EP91): Shower and thunderstorm activity has increased since yesterday in association with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Gradual development is expected, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next few days while the system meanders or drifts generally northward over the far eastern portion of the basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Reinhart