000 ABPZ20 KNHC 201127 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 400 AM PST FRI NOV 20 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 west-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 later today. Environmental conditions are expected to become conducive for development, and a tropical cyclone is likely to 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...60 percent $$ Forecaster Brennan