000 ABPZ20 KNHC 310535 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM GIL...LOCATED WELL OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ABOUT 750 MILES SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA HAVE DIMINISHED DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...THE LOW HAS A WELL-DEFINED CIRCULATION...AND IT STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS A HIGH CHANCE...60 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. && PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM GIL ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTPZ32 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPEP2. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ON GIL ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTPZ22 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMEP2. $$ FORECASTER BERG