000 ABPZ20 KNHC 051137 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Tue Jun 5 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Showers and thunderstorms have become more concentrated overnight near an elongated area of low pressure located several hundred miles south of the southern coast of Mexico. Environmental conditions are conducive for further development of this system, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is expected to form within the next couple of days while it moves slowly westward to west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. An area of low pressure could form by Friday a few hundred miles south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Upper-level winds are forecast gradually become more favorable for development, and a tropical depression could form over the weekend while the system moves slowly west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake