A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for
* Hawaii County
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for
* Maui County including the islands of Maui Molokai and Lanai
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* Hawaii County.
At 500 AM HST (1500 UTC), the center of Hurricane Madeline was
located near latitude 19.3 North, longitude 148.3 West. Madeline is
moving toward the west near 10 mph (17 km/h) and this motion is
expected to become west southwesterly later today through early
Thursday. On the forecast track, the center of Madeline will pass
dangerously close to the Big Island Wednesday and Wednesday night.
Maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph (195 km/h) with higher
gusts. Madeline is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Wind Scale. Some weakening is forecast through early
Thursday.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles (45 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles
(205 km).
