000 ABPZ20 KNHC 202339 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A tropical wave located about 1000 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula is producing disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are forecast to become conducive for gradual development of this system during the next several days while the disturbance moves westward at about 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent A low pressure area is forecast to form several hundred miles south of the coast of Mexico early next week. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for subsequent slow development of the system while it moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent $$ Forecaster Brown