No tropical cyclones are expected to form within the Central North Pacific Basin through Tuesday evening, according to forecasters at the Central Pacific Hurricane Center on Oahu. The Central North Pacific Basin is located between 140 degrees west longitude and
No tropical cyclones are expected to form within the Central North Pacific Basin through Tuesday evening, according to forecasters at the Central Pacific Hurricane Center on Oahu. The Central North Pacific Basin is located between 140 degrees west longitude and the International Dateline.
Central Pacific Hurricane Center officials predicted four to seven tropical cyclones this year in the Central North Pacific Basin. Overall, they give this season an 80 percent chance for a normal to above average number of tropical storms to form.
The Central Pacific hurricane season began June 1 and ends Nov. 30.
Meanwhile, in the Eastern Pacific, an area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south-southeast of Baja California, Mexico, is expected to see some development during the next day or so while it moves northward. U
The forecasters said the system has a 30 percent chance of forming into a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours. They also gave the system a 3o percent chance of forming into a tropical cyclone over the next 5 days.
