000 ABPZ20 KNHC 110513 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Thu Aug 10 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Satellite images indicate strong thunderstorms are occurring just offshore of the west coast of Mexico in association with a surface trough and the remnants of Franklin. Environmental conditions are forecast to be favorable for development, and the system is likely to become a tropical cyclone on Friday or Saturday before it moves over colder waters on Sunday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. An area of low pressure is forecast to form well south of the coast of southern Mexico by early next week. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for some slow development of this system as 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 Blake