Forecasters with the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu continue to monitor a low pressure system that could see some tropical cyclone development during the next 48 hours. ADVERTISING Forecasters with the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu continue to
Forecasters with the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu continue to monitor a low pressure system that could see some tropical cyclone development during the next 48 hours.
The weather system, as of Thursday afternoon, was located 1,200 miles southwest of Honolulu. Gradual strengthening is forecast during the coming 48 hours. It has 50 percent chance of forming into a tropical cyclone within that time frame.
Elsewhere in the Central Pacific basin, an area spanning west of 140 degrees west longitude to the international date line, no tropical cyclones are forecast to form through Friday night. Hawaii is located within this basin.
In the Eastern Pacific, an elongated area of low pressure several hundred miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula continues to produce cloudiness and thunderstorms, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, which monitors the Eastern Pacific basin. The system is expected to see some development through the weekend. It has a 30 percent chance of forming into a tropical cyclone within five days.
Elsewhere in the Eastern Pacific, no tropical cyclones are expected to develop during the coming five days, according to forecasters.
The Central and Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons continue through Nov. 30.
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