000 ABPZ20 KNHC 221740 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM PDT THU SEP 22 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A large disturbance located about 850 miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula is associated with a broad area of low pressure. While this system is producing a large area of shower and thunderstorm activity, there are no signs yet of a well- defined surface circulation. However, environmental conditions appear favorable for a tropical depression to form during the next couple of days. This disturbance is forecast to move toward the northwest and then northward during the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent Showers and thunderstorms have diminished in association with a weak area of low pressure located about 1150 miles east-southeast of the Big Island of Hawaii. Development of this system is not expected while it moves slowly westward into the central North Pacific basin during the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent $$ Forecaster Brennan