000 ABPZ20 KNHC 172200 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 400 PM PDT WED OCT 17 2007 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM KIKO...CENTERED ABOUT 315 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS ALONG THE COASTS OF GUATEMALA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...AND EXTENDS SOUTHWARD INTO THE PACIFIC FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COASTS OF GUATEMALA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE