000 ABPZ20 KNHC 161144 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 AM PDT THU OCT 16 2014 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Showers and thunderstorms have not become any better organized in association with a trough of low pressure that extends from the Gulf of Tehuantepec southwestward for several hundred miles. Environmental conditions remain favorable for development of a tropical cyclone somewhere within this area over the next couple of days, and if one were to form it would likely move northward or northwestward toward the coast of Mexico. Regardless of whether or not development occurs, heavy rains are likely along portions of the Pacific coast of Mexico from the Gulf of Tehuantepec westward over the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...60 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Franklin