000 ABPZ20 KNHC 301721 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Sat Sep 30 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: An area of low pressure is forecast to develop a few hundred miles south of the southern coast of Mexico or Guatemala, near the Gulf of Tehuantepec, by the middle of next week. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development while the system moves slowly west-northwestward or northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. $$ Forecaster Zelinsky