000 ABPZ20 KNHC 021134 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Fri Aug 2 2024 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Carlotta, located several hundred miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Western East Pacific (EP95): A broad area of low pressure located well to the west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula continues producing an area of showers and thunderstorms. Marginal environmental conditions are expected to limit development of this system during the next few days. The low is forecast to meander over open waters during the next day or so, then begin moving northeastward by late this weekend. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent. South of Central America and Southern Mexico: A trough of low pressure located a few hundred miles to the south of Central America and southern Mexico is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. An area of low pressure is expected to form from this system during the next day or so, and thereafter environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development. A tropical depression is likely to form by late this weekend or early next week while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph, staying well offshore of the coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster Papin