000 ABPZ20 KNHC 052332 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 PM PDT TUE JUL 5 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Blas, located about 1000 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. An area of low pressure located several hundred miles south- southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms. The circulation of the low has become better defined today, and continued development is expected. This system is likely to become a tropical depression during the next few days while it moves westward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent $$ Forecaster Cangialosi