000 ABPZ20 KNHC 221141 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 AM PDT MON AUG 22 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Kay, located several hundred miles west of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. An area of disturbed weather located about 850 miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula is showing some signs of organization. Environmental conditions are conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form later this week as the disturbance moves west-northwestward at around 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent An area of low pressure is expected to form about 500 miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula in a couple of days. Environmental conditions are conducive for development while this system moves generally westward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent $$ Forecaster Kimberlain