000 ABPZ20 KNHC 081745 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM PDT SAT OCT 8 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms, extending from several hundred miles south through southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, is associated with a trough of low pressure. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development of this disturbed weather, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the early or middle part of next week while this system moves west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent An area of low pressure is expected to develop several hundred miles south or southwest of the southwestern coast of Mexico by early next week. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression could form while this system moves westward and then west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent $$ Forecaster Kimberlain