ACPN50 PHFO 191140 TWOCP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI Issued by NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 AM HST Wed Aug 19 2026 For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Lala, located several hundred miles southeast of Lisianski Island. Central Pacific (EP90): A tropical wave located well to the east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms with some signs of organization. Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next couple of days while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph and crosses into the Central Pacific. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Reinhart NNNN