000 ABPZ20 KNHC 051142 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Sat Sep 5 2020 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: A small well-defined low pressure system is located about 150 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico. This system is producing a large area of thunderstorms well to the west and northwest of its center and a smaller area of showers near its center. Although conditions do not appear to be favorable for much further development, overnight satellite-derived wind data indicated that this system is already producing winds near tropical-storm-force and only a small increase in thunderstorm activity near the surface center of circulation would result in the formation of a tropical depression or tropical storm. This system is expected to move generally west-northwestward, near or along the southwestern coast of Mexico during the next few days. Regardless of development, this low could produce locally heavy rainfall along portions of the southwestern coast of Mexico. For more information, please consult products from your local meteorological office. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Zelinsky