000 ABPZ20 KNHC 012343 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 PM PDT MON SEP 1 2014 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A large area of showers and thunderstorms near the southwestern coast of Mexico is associated with a trough of low pressure. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week. This disturbance is expected to move slowly northward and then northwestward and could produce locally heavy rains over portions of southwestern Mexico during the next few days. These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mud slides. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...30 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi