000 ABPZ20 KNHC 011755 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM PDT THU SEP 1 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Showers and thunderstorms continue to show signs of organization in association with a trough of low pressure located several hundred miles southeast of Acapulco, Mexico. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form over the weekend while the low moves west- northwestward or northwestward near the coast of Mexico. Interests along the southern and southwestern coast of Mexico should monitor the progress of this disturbance. Locally heavy rain, flash floods and mud slides are likely in these areas starting tomorrow and continuing through the weekend. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent A weak area of low pressure is located about 1000 miles south- southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. This system is expected to drift westward during the next few days, and any development should be slow to occur due to strong upper- level winds. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent $$ Forecaster Blake