401 ABPZ20 KNHC 270536 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 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 more than 1300 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Satellite-derived wind data indicate that the low pressure system located about 500 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, has become a little better defined during the past several hours. Environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for the development of this disturbance over the next couple of days, and a tropical depression is likely to form by midweek while the system moves generally west-northwestward at around 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 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 Stewart