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ABPZ20 KNHC 181736
TWOEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1100 AM PDT THU AUG 18 2016

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

Showers and thunderstorms associated with a well-defined low
pressure system located about 360 miles west-southwest of
Manzanillo, Mexico, continue to show signs of organization.
Upper-level wind conditions continue to improve, and a tropical
depression is likely to form tonight or Friday while this system
moves generally northwestward.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent

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Forecaster Roberts