000 ABPZ20 KNHC 221738 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM PDT THU OCT 22 2015 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Patricia, located a couple of hundred miles south-southwest of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico. An area of low pressure is expected to form several hundred miles south or south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula Friday or over the weekend. Environmental conditions are forecast to be marginally conducive for gradual development of this system while it moves slowly toward the east-northeast or northeast. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent $$ Forecaster Roberts