000 ABPZ20 KNHC 120557 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1000 PM PST Sat Nov 11 2017 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Recent reports from a nearby ship indicate that the low pressure system located more than 1000 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula has continued to become better defined. Only a slight increase in the organization of the associated thunderstorm activity would result in the formation of a tropical depression on Sunday. By the middle of next week, however, upper-level winds are expected become quite unfavorable for tropical cyclone formation to occur. This system is forecast to move west-northwestward to northwestward at 15 to 20 mph across the open eastern Pacific during the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Stewart