000 ABPZ20 KNHC 082330 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 PM PDT THU OCT 8 2015 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Shower and thunderstorm activity has become a little better organized in association with a tropical wave located about 1500 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for further development, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the weekend or early next week while the system moves west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent An area of low pressure is likely to form several hundred miles south of southeastern Mexico late this weekend. Any development of this system is expected to be slow to occur while it moves westward at 5 to 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent $$ Forecaster Pasch