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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 AM PDT Sat Aug 22 2020
For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:
1. An elongated area of low pressure located several hundred miles
south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula
continues to produce a large area of disorganized cloudiness and
thunderstorms. This system is forecast to move generally
eastward for the next couple of days. Conditions appear favorable
for gradual development and a tropical depression is likely to form
during the early to middle part of next week when the system is
expected to slow and meander off the coast of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent.
2. Another area of low pressure is likely to form south of the Gulf of
Tehuantepec early next week. A tropical depression could form by
the middle of next week while the system moves slowly northwestward
or northward, near or parallel to the southwestern coast of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.
For additional information on Post-Tropical Cyclone Genevieve,
please see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather
Service, under AWIPS header NFDHSFEPI, WMO header FZPN02 KWBC, and
on the web at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFEPI.php
Forecaster Latto