000 ABPZ20 KNHC 192334 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Wed Jul 19 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Fernanda, located more than a thousand miles east of Hilo, Hawaii, on Tropical Storm Greg, located several hundred miles south- southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, and on Tropical Depression Eight-E, located about a thousand miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms located several hundred miles south of the coast of southern Mexico is associated with a tropical wave. Upper-level winds are expected to become more conducive for development of this system over the next couple of days while it moves west-northwestward at about 15 mph, and a tropical depression is expected to form well southwest of Mexico late this week or over the weekend. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. Another large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms is moving westward across southern portions of Central America into the eastern Pacific Ocean. An area of low pressure associated with this disturbance is forecast to form south of Mexico late this week, and development is possible by early next week while it moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. $$ Forecaster Berg