000 ABPZ20 KNHC 182330 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 PM PDT MON AUG 18 2014 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Karina, located more than a thousand miles east of the Big Island of Hawaii, and on Tropical Depression Twelve-E, located several hundred miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. A tropical wave over Central America is expected to move westward and cause the formation of a low pressure area south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec by Thursday. Additional development of this system is likely later this week while the low moves west-northwestward well offshore of the coast of southwestern Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Pasch