000 ABPZ20 KNHC 152319 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Mon Oct 15 2018 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Tara, located just off the coast of southwestern Mexico. A weak area of low pressure located about 900 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula is producing disorganized shower activity. Some slow development of this system is possible while it drifts northward or north-northeastward during the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. An area of low pressure is forecast to develop a couple of hundred miles south of Guatemala and the southeastern coast of Mexico in a couple of days. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the end of the week while the system moves west- northwestward near the coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi