554 ABPZ20 KNHC 262302 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Sun Aug 26 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Miriam, located about 1300 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. A broad area of low pressure located about 500 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for the development of this disturbance over the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. && Public Advisories on Tropical Storm Miriam are issued under WMO header WTPZ35 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPEP5. Forecast/Advisories on Tropical Storm Miriam are issued under WMO header WTPZ25 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMEP5. $$ Forecaster Zelinsky