Two tropical systems could bring impacts to Hawaii

  • 2 months ago
Tropical Storm Hone and Hurricane Gilma could both pose risks to Hawaii.
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00:00we've got a lot going on in the Pacific. A lot of the time we really focus our tropical efforts
00:04into the Atlantic Basin and we're keeping an eye on that but that's quiet for now thanks to dry air
00:09but in the Pacific we have two separate storms that may prove to be impactful for our friends
00:14in Hawaii. So if you're tuning in from Hawaii later this weekend you're going to see impacts
00:18from tropical storm Hone and also into next week there is some potential in a weaker state for
00:25Gilma to bring you trouble. Now Gilma is a powerful hurricane now it'll weaken as it moves farther
00:29west. There's also likelihood of development farther east here of Gilma but a quick look at
00:34the satellite estimates of where rain is falling across the Pacific right now. We do have some
00:40concerns here in some areas here you can see three general zones of development here and we're
00:47dealing with some rain. This is tied to Hone there. Here is Gilma pretty mature hurricane and then
00:54this other tropical wave moving west that will likely organize and strengthen. So as we look
00:59ahead at the impacts here is the latest on Hone. This morning 45 mile per hour max sustained winds
01:05not a whole lot of deep convection it does not look impressive at the moment but it may still
01:10strengthen to a hurricane. In the meantime we're going to be watching this move into the area near
01:14Hawaii this weekend. We've amped up our rainfall forecast for the east facing slopes of the big
01:20island. Up in the high ground the east facing slopes 8 to 12 inches of rain.
01:25Gilma may weaken before reaching the area later next week.

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