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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 PM PDT Thu Aug 20 2020

For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical 
Storm Genevieve, located near the southwestern coast of the Baja 
California peninsula.

An area of low pressure is expected to form this weekend several 
hundred miles southwest of the southwestern coast of Mexico.  
Conditions appear favorable for some slow development of this 
system, and a tropical depression could form by the middle of next 
week while it moves little.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.

Another area of low pressure is likely to form south of the Gulf of 
Tehuantepec early next week.  Some slow development of this system 
is possible thereafter while it drifts northward.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

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Forecaster Cangialosi