000 ABPZ20 KNHC 231748 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM PDT WED JUL 23 2014 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A broad low located about 1400 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development and this system is expected to become a tropical depression during the next couple of days while it moves westward or west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. Showers and thunderstorms have increased near a surface trough located about 1400 miles east-southeast of the Big Island of Hawaii. Further development of this system is possible during the next few days while it moves westward into the central Pacific. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...30 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent. An area of low pressure is forecast to form several hundred miles south of the coast of Mexico in a few days. Some development of this system is expected over the weekend while it moves generally west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent. Another area of low pressure could form during the next couple of days several hundred miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Some gradual development of this system is possible by the weekend while it moves generally westward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake