000 ABPZ20 KNHC 262337 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Thu Oct 26 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: An area of disturbed weather, associated with an elongated area of low pressure, is located a few hundred miles west of the coast of Costa Rica. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form during the next couple of days as the system moves west-northwestward to northwestward near the coast of Central America. Regardless of development, locally heavy rains are likely over portions of Central America through Saturday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Beven