000 ABPZ20 KNHC 180541 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 PM PDT FRI OCT 17 2008 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THE REMNANT CIRCULATION OF FORMER TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN REMAINS CENTERED INLAND OVER CENTRAL AMERICA. THIS SYSTEM IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FROM NORTHERN COSTA RICA TO SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC OCEAN AS LONG AS IT REMAINS OVER LAND. AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER...SOUTHWEST OF THE REMNANT CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN...IS LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF THE COASTS OF GUATEMALA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS REMAINS LIMITED...SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE AS IT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER STEWART