000 ABPZ20 KNHC 100541 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 PM PDT SUN OCT 9 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula is producing widespread cloudiness and showers. This large area of disturbed weather is expected to slowly consolidate during the next few days, and a tropical depression is likely to form around midweek while the system moves west-northwestward to northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent Disorganized showers and thunderstorms located a few hundred miles south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec are associated with a weak low pressure system. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form after midweek while it moves west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent $$ Forecaster Stewart