Plain Language Summary
Tropical Depression TWO in the Central Pacific — 35 mph winds, forecast to strengthen, no immediate threat to land
Why forecasters expect this
Why the track looks this way: A large area of high pressure to the north (a “ridge,” which is like a broad weather pattern that tends to push storms along) is expected to steer the depression west-northwest for about the next 48 hours. After that, as that ridge strengthens, it should nudge the system more toward the west.…
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