265 ABPZ20 KNHC 122326 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Sun Aug 12 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Showers and thunderstorms are limited in association with a tropical wave located about 850 miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for development by the middle or latter part of the week, and a tropical depression could form around that time while the disturbance moves westward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. A trough of low pressure located about 1000 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next couple of days before upper-level winds become unfavorable. This system is expected to move westward at 10 to 15 mph during the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi