1. Satellite images indicate that the area of low pressure located
several hundred miles south-southwest of the Gulf of
Tehuantepec is on the verge of becoming a tropical depression.
Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development,
and a tropical depression is expected to form later today while the
low moves slowly west-northwestward.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...near 100 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...near 100 percent.