000 ABPZ20 KNHC 172318 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 PM PDT SAT MAY 17 2014 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Systems with the potential to become a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours... A broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Any development of this system is likely to be slow to occur during the next couple of days. After that time, environmental conditions are expected to become less conducive for development. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...30 percent $$ Forecaster Blake