753 ABPZ20 KNHC 201759 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL Issued by the NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 1100 AM PDT Thu Sep 20 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: An area of low pressure located about 1100 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula continues to produce an area of showers and thunderstorms. While this shower activity has become a little more organized over the last 24 hours, additional development should be slow to occur due to the proximity of dry air, and upper-level winds are expected to become unfavorable for development by Sunday. This disturbance is forecast to move slowly west-northwestward at 5 to 10 mph during the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. An area of low pressure is expected to form in a couple of days well to the south of the southern coast of Mexico. Some development is possible early next week while the system moves nearly parallel and well offshore of the southwestern coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. $$ Forecaster Orrison/Blake