000 ABPZ20 KNHC 272308 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 PM PDT SAT SEP 27 2014 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently upgraded Hurricane Rachel, located several hundred miles west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms extending several hundred miles offshore of southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador are associated with a broad area of low pressure. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression could form by the middle of next week while the system moves slowly west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake