NHC Monitoring Two Areas for Tropical Development in Atlantic and Pacific

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking two areas of interest for potential tropical development. An area of low pressure expected to form a few hundred miles northeast of the Bahamas has a 30% chance of gradually acquiring subtropical characteristics over the next seven days, with a 10% chance in the next 48 hours. Separately, a broad area of low pressure located well east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands has a high (70%) chance of forming into a tropical depression over the Central Pacific during the middle to latter portions of this week, with a 40% chance in the next 48 hours.