000 ABPZ20 KNHC 262234 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 400 PM PDT SAT AUG 26 2006 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM ILEANA...CENTERED ABOUT 570 MILES WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS CENTERED ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTH OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF GUATEMALA. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS CHANGED LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS APPEAR CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD FORM WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WESTWARD OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO REMAIN DISORGANIZED THIS AFTERNOON. DEVELOPMENT...IF ANY...OF THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ FORECASTER MAINELLI/KNABB