000 ABPZ20 KNHC 020544 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Howard, located more than 1100 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. A broad low pressure system located several hundred miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, is producing a small area of showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week while the low moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent $$ Forecaster Stewart