000 ABPZ20 KNHC 031146 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 AM PDT FRI JUL 3 2015 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Showers and thunderstorms have increased near a broad low pressure located about 1300 miles east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. Environmental conditions are forecast to conducive for gradual development over the next couple of days before upper-level winds become unfavorable early next week. The low is expected to move slowly to west-northwest or northwest for the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms located about 1200 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas Mexico is associated with a tropical wave. Upper-level conditions are forecast to become conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form early next week while it moves to the west-northwest at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent $$ Forecaster Blake