276 ABPZ20 KNHC 250513 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM PDT Mon Sep 24 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: Showers and thunderstorms are gradually becoming better organized in association with a low pressure system located about 350 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression is likely to form later today or tonight while the system moves west-northwestward, well offshore of the coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. A trough of low pressure located about 1600 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, is producing disorganized shower activity. Some gradual development of this system is possible through the end of the week while it moves westward into the central Pacific. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi