000 ABPZ20 KNHC 220501 TWOEP TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 PM PDT FRI OCT 21 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: An area of showers and thunderstorms located a few hundred miles southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec is associated with a broad area of low pressure. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for development of this disturbance during the next few days, and a tropical depression will likely form by early next week while the system moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent A small area of low pressure located about 800 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula continues to produce disorganized cloudiness and showers. Further development of this system is unlikely due to strong upper-level winds while the low drifts northward or northwestward over the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent $$ Forecaster Brennan