000 ABPZ20 KNHC 161747 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM PDT FRI SEP 16 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Orlene, located well west of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Showers and thunderstorms continue to show signs of organization in association with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. This low is expected to become a tropical depression this weekend while it moves west-northwestward to northwestward at 10 mph, parallel to but a few hundred miles offshore of the coast of Mexico. *Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent *Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent An area of low pressure could form early next week several hundred miles southwest of Mexico. Some gradual development is possible by midweek while the system moves slowly west-northwestward. *Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent *Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent $$ Forecaster Blake