000 ABPZ20 KNHC 201721 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Wed Sep 20 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A broad area of low pressure located a couple of hundred miles east-southeast of Acapulco near the coast of Mexico is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Land interaction should limit development of this system during the next day or two, but a tropical depression will likely form over the weekend when the system moves farther offshore. Regardless of tropical cyclone formation, heavy rains are expected over portions of southern Mexico during the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi