000 ACPN50 PHFO 181201 TWOCP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI 200 AM HST Sun Aug 18 2024 For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W: Approximately 1700 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii: Disorganized showers and thunderstorms are associated with a broad trough of low pressure located well west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. This system is forecast to interact with another disturbance to its west-southwest over the next several days, which could limit additional development if this system does not become the dominant disturbance. Regardless, a tropical depression could still form during the middle part of the week while the system moves westward to west-northwestward over the western portion of the East Pacific basin before it possibly merges with the disturbance currently located further west. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent. Approximately 1300 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii: Another area of low pressure located well southeast of the Hawaiian Islands is currently associated with some disorganized showers and thunderstorms on its western side. This disturbance is forecast to interact with the disturbance located to its east. If this system becomes the dominant disturbance, some gradual development is possible and a tropical depression could form by the middle part of this week while it initially moves slowly over the western portion of the East Pacific. A faster west-northwestward motion into the Central Pacific basin is likely by the latter portion of the week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent. Elsewhere, no tropical cyclones are expected during the next 7 days. $$ Forecaster Gibbs