000 ABPZ20 KNHC 051733 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Fri Jul 5 2019 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Barbara, located nearly 1550 miles west of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Satellite images indicate that the broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles south of the southwestern coast of Mexico is gradually acquiring a surface circulation, but still lacks a well-defined center. Environmental conditions are becoming a little more conducive for development, and a tropical depression is expected to form this weekend as the system moves west-northwestward at about 15 mph, remaining well off the coast of Mexico. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster Avila