479 ABPZ20 KNHC 172317 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Tue Jul 17 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue in association with an area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Any development of this system should occur within the next day or so before upper-level winds become unfavorable for further organization. This system is forecast to move west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. An area of low pressure is likely to form later this week in the southwestern part of the eastern Pacific basin well southwest of Mexico. Conditions appear conducive for some gradual development of this system over the weekend while it moves quickly west- northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. Another area of low pressure is forecast to form by the weekend several hundred miles southwest of Mexico. Environmental conditions could support some development of this system by early next week while it moves westward or west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake