000 ABPZ20 KNHC 211136 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Mon Oct 21 2019 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: 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 yesterday. 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. $$ Forecaster Berg