000 ACPN50 PHFO 142330 TWOCP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI 200 PM HST Thu Sep 14 2023 For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W: Western East Pacific (EP94): Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure located approximately 1550 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii are gradually becoming better organized. Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next day or so while it moves west-northwestward to northwestward at 10 to 15 mph over the western portion of the eastern Pacific basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster Shigesato