000 ABPZ20 KNHC 202310 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 PM PDT THU OCT 20 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Shower and thunderstorm activity has increased today in association with a small, well-defined low pressure area centered about 700 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Although upper-level winds are not particularly conducive for further development, only a small increase in the organization of the thunderstorm activity could result in the formation of a tropical cyclone before upper-level winds become too strong for formation. The low is expected to drift northward or northwestward over the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent Disorganized cloudiness and showers located a few hundred miles south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec are associated with a broad area of low pressure. Environmental conditions are forecast to become more favorable for some development of this disturbance over the weekend and early next week while the system moves toward the west-northwest at about 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent $$ Forecaster Brown