616 ABPZ20 KNHC 250500 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Tue Jul 24 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A broad area of low pressure is producing shower and thunderstorm activity several hundred miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Little development is expected tonight or tomorrow, but conditions could become a little more favorable for tropical cyclone formation later this week while the system moves toward the west or west-northwest away from the coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. Another area of low pressure is located around 1300 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Although the associated shower activity is currently disorganized, some gradual development of this system is possible over the next few days while the disturbance moves generally westward. By the weekend, strong upper-level winds are likely to prevent further development. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Zelinsky