000
ABPZ20 KNHC 161133
TWOEP 
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
500 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL
STORM RICK...LOCATED ABOUT 315 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
ACAPULCO MEXICO.  

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR A BROAD AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE ABOUT 1250 MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT
ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR.  THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...LESS THAN 30
PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM RICK ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER
WTPZ35 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPEP5.  FORECAST/ADVISORIES
ON RICK ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTPZ25 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS
HEADER MIATCMEP5.

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FORECASTER LANDSEA/BEVEN