000 ABPZ20 KNHC 011742 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 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 Tropical Storm Howard, located nearly 1000 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms about 700 miles south- southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, are associated with a broad area of low pressure. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form Wednesday or Thursday while the low moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent $$ Forecaster Kimberlain