000 ABPZ20 KNHC 151145 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 AM PDT WED OCT 15 2014 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Showers and thunderstorms have increased a little in association with a broad and ill-defined area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Environmental conditions are somewhat conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression could form within this system over the next few days. Regardless of whether or not a tropical cyclone forms, shower activity is likely to spread northward or northwestward toward and across the southwestern coast of Mexico over the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Franklin