000 ABPZ20 KNHC 272336 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Fri Oct 27 2023 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: South of Central America and Mexico (EP92): A broad area of low pressure is located a couple of hundred miles south of the coast of Guatemala. Most of the shower and thunderstorm activity in the vicinity of the low appears to be located well to the west of its broad surface center. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for development during the next few days, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend or early next week. Regardless of development, the low is forecast to meander over the far eastern portion of the Eastern Pacific basin for the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent. Southwestern East Pacific: A weak area of low pressure located well to the south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula is producing limited and disorganized shower activity. Environmental conditions are forecast to be marginally conducive for slow development of the low through early next week while it drifts slowly northeastward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster D. Zelinsky