000 ABPZ20 KNHC 011138 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 AM PDT MON AUG 1 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently upgraded Tropical Storm Howard, located nearly 1000 miles west- southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. A tropical wave, accompanied by a broad area of low pressure, continues to produce widespread cloudiness and disorganized showers several hundred miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week while this system moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent && Public Advisories on Tropical Storm Howard are issued under WMO header WTPZ34 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPEP4. Forecast/Advisories on Tropical Storm Howard are issued under WMO header WTPZ24 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMEP4. $$ Forecaster Kimberlain