000 ABPZ20 KNHC 210502 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 PM PDT THU OCT 20 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A small but well-defined low pressure area is centered about 750 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Shower activity associated with this low has not become any better organized this evening, but conditions still favor the formation of a tropical cyclone before upper-level winds become too strong for formation in about a day. 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-southwest 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 Avila