000 ABPZ20 KNHC 220509 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Thu Sep 21 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a low pressure system near the southwest coast of Mexico continues to show signs of organization. Environmental conditions are expected to be favorable for additional development, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next couple of days as the system moves slowly northwestward near the coast. Regardless of tropical cyclone formation, heavy rains are expected over portions of southwestern Mexico during the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster Zelinsky