Goodbye Lester
Lester, although still packing winds of 100mph, is heading Northwest away from the Hawaiian Islands. Expect high surf, but, thankfully, little else.
Lester Weakening, Big Island No Longer Under Hurricane Watch
Don't let your guard down, but it appears that Lester is weakening slightly and it's path will be a bit further North of The Big Island, thus allowing us not to feel the strongest force. All good news. We in Kohala should feel some effects late today. Of course, the path can change at any moment. Lester still has 110mph winds. SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...19.7N 148.4W […]
Hurricane Lester Intensifies
Oahu now also under hurricane watch along with Maui and The Big Island. The good news for Kohala is that with the slight intensification, Lester's path is a bit more East of us and quicker to go North, putting Kohala a bit outside the cone. LOCATION...18.7N 146.0W ABOUT 595 MI...960 KM E OF HILO HAWAII ABOUT 790 MI...1275 KM E OF HONOLULU HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH...205 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW […]
Hurricane Lester Kohala Wind Probabilities
HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST...THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME RANGES FROM 15 TO 45 PERCENT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE BIG ISLAND. THIS REPRESENTS A SLIGHT UPWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.
Hurricane Lester Strengthens
At 1100 AM HST (2100 UTC), the center of Hurricane Lester was located near latitude 18.4 North, longitude 144.8 West. Lester is moving toward the west near 13 mph (20 km/h). This motion is expected to continue into the afternoon, followed by a gradual turn toward the west-northwest later today through Saturday. Maximum sustained winds are near 110 mph (175 km/h) with higher gusts. Gradual weakening is forecast during the […]
New Zealand Earthquake, No Tsunami
AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 7.1 OCCURRED OFF THE EAST COAST OF NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND AT 1638 UTC ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1 2016. * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT BECAUSE THE EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED TOO DEEP INSIDE THE EARTH.
One gone, one more heading our way, Lester
We are mostly done with Hurricane Madeline and now on to Lester. While Madeline went South of the Island and is still actually below the Island heading Southwest, packing 50mph winds, not much trouble should be had here in Kohala. However, Lester will do the exact opposite, passing us East & North. At 500 AM HST (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Madeline was located near latitude 16.7 North, […]
HELCO Update
Hawai‘i Electric Light power restoration update; offices closed on September 1 Nearly All Customers Restored HILO, Aug. 31, 2016 (8:45 p.m.) – Hawai‘i Electric Light’s business offices, including the Customer Service and Customer Engineering offices, will remain closed on Thursday September 1, 2016. The Company will continue to address customer outages caused by Tropical Storm Madeline on Thursday. Customers may still reach the company to report power outages and downed […]
Closures and Reopen Schedule
Starting tomorrow, all County and State facilities, offices and services will be restored including Hele-On Bus service starting with the 3:15 AM bus to West Hawaii. Solid waste transfer stations and landfills will open according to regular schedule. County Parks will open and programs will resume on a case by case basis pending damage assessments that will occur tomorrow morning. UH Hilo and Hawaii Community College will reopen tomorrow. DOE […]