000 ABPZ20 KNHC 020532 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 PM PDT MON SEP 1 2014 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Showers and thunderstorms appear to be consolidating near a developing low pressure system located about 300 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for further development, and a tropical depression could form in the next day or two while the system moves slowly northward and then northwestward. Locally heavy rains are possible over portions of southwestern Mexico during the next few days and could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. Interests along the southwestern coast of Mexico and the extreme southern Baja California peninsula should monitor the progress of this disturbance during the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Berg