000 ABPZ20 KNHC 160539 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Sat Jul 15 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Fernanda, located well to the southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Shower activity associated with a broad low pressure system centered a couple of hundred miles south of Acapulco, Mexico, has changed little. Environmental conditions are forecast to be somewhat conducive for gradual development during the next few days, and a tropical depression could form by early next week while the system moves slowly toward the west-northwest at 5 to 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. Disorganized cloudiness and showers located several hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, are associated with a trough of low pressure. Development, if any, is expected to be slow to occur as the system moves slowly west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Stewart