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ABPZ20 KNHC 021726
TWOEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1100 AM PDT TUE AUG 2 2016

For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Howard, located almost 1300 miles west of the southern tip of
the Baja California peninsula.

Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a low pressure
system centered about 800 miles south-southwest have become much
better organized during the morning hours, and it appears that a
tropical depression could be forming.  Environmental conditions are
conducive for additional development, and advisories could be
initiated on this system later today or tonight while it moves
west-northwestward at about 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent

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Forecaster Berg