000 ACPN50 PHFO 162342 TWOCP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI 200 PM HST Fri Aug 16 2024 For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W: Approximately 850 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii: Disorganized showers and thunderstorms are associated with a broad area of low pressure. Environmental conditions appear marginally conducive for some development of this system early next week while moving westward at about 10 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent. Approximately 1350 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii: An area of low pressure could form this weekend or early next week more than one thousand miles west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Some slow development of this system is possible, and a tropical depression could form during the middle part of next week while it moves westward to west-northwestward across the western portion of the East Pacific and into the Central Pacific basin. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent. Elsewhere, no tropical cyclones are expected during the next 7 days. $$ Forecaster Foster