000 ABPZ20 KNHC 101740 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM PDT MON OCT 10 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A complex area of low pressure located about 1000 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula continues to produce widespread clouds and scattered thunderstorms. This disturbance is expected to slowly consolidate during the next couple of days while moving west-northwestward to northwestward, and a tropical depression could form around mid-week. After that time, environmental conditions are expected to gradually become less conducive for tropical cyclone formation. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent Disorganized cloudiness and shower activity located a few hundred miles south-southeast of Acapulco, Mexico, are associated with a weak low pressure system. Environmental conditions are expected to generally be conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week while the low moves west- northwestward well to the southwest of mainland Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent $$ Forecaster Kimberlain