000 ACPN50 PHFO 262340 TWOCP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI 200 PM HST Sat Oct 26 2024 For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W: About 2500 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii: A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms is located well to the southwest of the southwestern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Environmental conditions appear conducive for development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the early to middle part of next week while moving westward or west-northwestward at about 15 mph over the far western portion of the eastern Pacific basin. This system is expected to move into the central Pacific basin on Wednesday or Thursday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent. Elsewhere, no tropical cyclones are expected during the next 7 days. $$ Forecaster Birchard