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Hurricane Lane has weakened a bit and has drifted slightly Westard; maximum winds 145mph. SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...15.9N 156.5W ABOUT 260 MI...415 KM S OF KAILUA-KONA HAWAII ABOUT 385 MI...620 KM SSE OF HONOLULU HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145 MPH...230 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 8 MPH At 500 PM HST (0300 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Lane was located near latitude 15.9 North, longitude […]

Flood advisory just issued for East Side of Island...rain is falling there from Honokaa to Volcano at more than 2 inches per hour SUMMARY OF 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...15.6N 156.4W ABOUT 275 MI...445 KM S OF KAILUA-KONA HAWAII ABOUT 400 MI...645 KM SSE OF HONOLULU HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH...240 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 8 MPH At 200 PM HST (0000 UTC), the eye of […]

Rain bands associated with Hurricane Lane have begun moving ashore along the Big Island’s southern coast as the Category 4 storm continues its march closer to the Hawaiian Islands. Widespread rain is expected to move over the island throughout today with Kailua-Kona likely to see effects starting in the late afternoon and evening, Chevy Chevalier, a forecaster with the Honolulu-based National Weather Service, said. Rain has already began to fall […]

Comparing the path from 8am to 11am, it has moved slightly East and closer to Kohala. Stay alert; be prepared. KNKR will be live on air with continuing updates. 1100 AM HST Wed Aug 22 2018 ...HAWAIIAN ISLANDS REMAIN VULNERABLE AS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE LANE PASSES SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND... SUMMARY OF 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...15.5N 155.9W ABOUT 285 MI...455 KM S OF KAILUA-KONA HAWAII ABOUT 420 […]

At 500 AM HST (1500 UTC), the center of Hurricane Lane was located near latitude 15.1 North, longitude 155.3 West. Lane is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h) and this motion is expected to become northwest later today, followed by a turn to the north-northwest on Thursday. On the forecast track, the center of Lane will move very close to or over the main Hawaiian Islands from […]