000 ABPZ20 KNHC 091618 TWOEP Special Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 920 AM PDT Tue May 9 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Cloudiness and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south of El Salvador have become better organized this morning. If this development trend continues, advisories will be initiated later today. This system 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. If tropical cyclone formation does not occur, another Special Tropical Weather Outlook on this system will be issued by 9 PM PDT tonight. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster Pasch