000 ABPZ20 KNHC 042314 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Thu Oct 4 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Sergio, located several hundred miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. A broad area of low pressure located offshore of the coast of southern Nicaragua continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some slow development of this system is possible if it remains offshore during the next several days while it drifts northwestward near Central America. Regardless of development, heavy rains could cause flash floods and mudslides in mountainous areas of western Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala through early next week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent. $$ Forecaster Brennan