000 ACPN50 PHFO 240538 TWOCP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI 800 PM HST Tue Jun 23 2020 For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W: Showers and thunderstorms have increased during the past several hours in association with a small area of low pressure located about 1700 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. Environmental conditions are expected to support further thunderstorm activity, and the low is likely to become a tropical depression during the next couple of days while it moves slowly toward the west or west-northwest. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Lau