000 ABPZ20 KNHC 170530 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 PM PDT FRI OCT 16 2015 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently upgraded Tropical Storm Olaf, located more about 1500 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. An area of low pressure is expected to form a few hundred miles south or south-southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec during the next day or so. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development early next week, and a tropical depression is likely to form while the system moves slowly west-northwestward or northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent $$ Forecaster Stewart