000 ABPZ20 KNHC 200532 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1000 PM PST THU NOV 19 2015 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Rick, located a few hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. An area of low pressure moving westward across Nicaragua is forecast to move offshore over the far eastern north Pacific Ocean on Friday. Environmental conditions are expected to become conducive for development, and a tropical cyclone could form south or southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec by the middle of next week while the low moves westward or west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent $$ Forecaster Berg