000 ABPZ20 KNHC 060550 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 PM 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 a little more than 1700 miles west of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. A broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles south- southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula is producing tropical-storm-force winds. While the associated thunderstorm activity remains disorganized, recent satellite wind data indicates the circulation of the low is becoming better defined. If current trends continue, a tropical storm could form later today or tonight while the system moves west-northwestward at about 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. An area of low pressure is expected to form early next week several hundred miles south of the southern coast of Mexico. Some gradual development is possible thereafter while the system moves westward to west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. && For more information on disturbance south of the Baja California Peninsula see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service under AWIPS header NFDHSFEPI, WMO header FZPN02KWBC, and on the web at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFEPI.php $$ Forecaster Beven