000 ABPZ20 KNHC 090331 TWOEP Special Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 830 PM PDT Mon May 8 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A broad area of low pressure is located a few hundred miles south of El Salvador. Shower and thunderstorm activity is showing signs of organization, and environmental conditions are expected to be favorable for a tropical depression to form during the next day or so. The low is forecast to move slowly toward the west-northwest or northwest, remaining well offshore of the coasts of Central America and southeastern Mexico through at least Thursday. The next Special Tropical Weather Outlook on this system will be issued by 12 PM PDT Tuesday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster Stewart