000 ABPZ20 KNHC 072357 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 PM PDT TUE AUG 7 2012 FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM GILMA...LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 450 MILES SOUTH OF ACAPULCO MEXICO HAVE BECOME MUCH BETTER ORGANIZED DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE AND IT COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THIS SYSTEM HAS A MEDIUM CHANCE...40 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE AS IT DRIFTS WESTWARD DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. && PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM GILMA ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTPZ32 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPEP2. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM GILMA ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTPZ22 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMEP2. $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI/STEWART