000 ABPZ20 KNHC 120757 TWOEP SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM PDT WED OCT 12 2011 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. SPECIAL OUTLOOK ISSUED TO UPDATE DISCUSSION OF THE LOW SOUTH OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE JOVA...LOCATED ABOUT 65 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO... AND ON TROPICAL STORM IRWIN...LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. UPDATED...SATELLITE DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC HAS CONTINUED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...AND THIS SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM BEFORE MOVING INLAND LATER TODAY OR EARLY THURSDAY. REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT...HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...WHICH MAY CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. THIS SYSTEM HAS A HIGH CHANCE...60 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN