540 ABPZ20 KNHC 142315 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Fri Sep 14 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A large area of disturbed weather is centered several hundred miles south of the southern coast of Mexico. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the middle of next week while the system moves generally west-northwestward at about 10 mph south and west of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Berg