000 ACPN50 PHFO 211156 TWOCP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI 200 AM HST Mon Oct 21 2019 For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W: Showers and thunderstorms associated with a well-defined low pressure system located more than 1000 miles east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands have increased and become a little better organized since Sunday. Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development of this system, and a tropical depression could form during the next couple of days while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at about 10 mph. Upper-level winds are expected to become less favorable for development by the middle to latter part of the week. The low is expected to cross into the central Pacific basin later this morning. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. Elsewhere, no tropical cyclones are expected during the next 5 days. $$ Forecaster Kinel