000 ABPZ20 KNHC 291740 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Tue Aug 29 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: An elongated area of low pressure centered a few hundred miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico, is producing a rather large area of showers and thunderstorms near the coast of Mexico extending southwestward for several hundred miles. This system is expected to become a tropical cyclone on Wednesday or Thursday while it moves generally northwestward near the coast of southwestern Mexico and Baja California Sur. Residents along the coasts of Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, and Baja California Sur should monitor the progress of this system, and tropical storm or hurricane watches or warnings could be required for a portion of these areas later today. Very heavy rain is also expected over the next few days in these same areas, which could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake