SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * HAWAII COUNTY * MAUI COUNTY...INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF MAUI...MOLOKAI...LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 10 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 989 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT WITH GUSTS TO 75 KT. 50 KT....... 65NE 35SE 25SW 50NW. 34 KT.......150NE 120SE 50SW 90NW. 12 FT SEAS..300NE 210SE 120SW […]
LITTLE HAS CHANGED THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUILLERMO LOOKING VERY RAGGED IN THE SATELLITE IMAGES. DEEP CONVECTION HAS BEEN PULSING NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER...WHICH HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF AIRCRAFT RECON. A VERY TIMELY AMSU PASS AT 0003 UTC WAS THE MAIN BASIS FOR THE INITIAL POSITION. SUBJECTIVE DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES FROM PHFO...SAB AND JTWC WERE ALL AT 55 KT AND IS THE INITIAL INTENSITY […]
The good news is that Guillermo is tracking further North and Kohala is currently out of the cone. Still, stay informed, be prepared as the storm's path can easily change and rain & wind can be felt many miles outside of the tracking cone. 1100 AM HST MON AUG 03 2015 SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW THAT GUILLERMO IS MAINTAINING A RATHER RAGGED APPEARANCE THIS MORNING. DEEP CONVECTION AND THE COLDEST […]
LATEST INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW A RAGGED APPEARANCE TO GUILLERMO...WITH DEEP CONVECTION STRUGGLING TO REMAIN OVER THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER DUE TO INCREASING WESTERLY WIND SHEAR ALOFT. THE U.S. 53RD WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WHILE SAMPLING THE INNER CORE OF GUILLERMO LAST EVENING...FAILED TO FIND FLIGHT LEVEL OR SURFACE WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER. THE MOST RECENT DVORAK CLASSIFICATIONS WERE 4.0/65KT FROM PHFO...JTWC AND SAB...WHILE FINAL T […]
500 AM HST MON AUG 03 2015 ...GUILLERMO WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM FAR EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS... SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...16.6N 146.1W ABOUT 630 MI...1010 KM ESE OF HILO HAWAII ABOUT 835 MI...1345 KM ESE OF HONOLULU HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB...29.30 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE […]
Cone shows it now going directly over Kohala as a tropical storm, winds averaging 50mph. Could have impact, so prepare now. THE SATELLITE PRESENTATION OF GUILLERMO CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DEGRADE. DEEP CONVECTION IS PULSING AROUND A DIFFICULT TO LOCATE CENTER WITH THE MOST PERSISTENT COLD TOPS CONFINED TO THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT. A 2346 UTC SSMI PASS AND A 0013 UTC AMSU PASS WERE HELPFUL IN DETERMINING A CENTER POSITION. DVORAK […]
Prepare. Kohala is still in the middle of the cone. KNKR hopes to be on the air live if Guillermo has a severe impact on our Community. Please stay tuned to KNKR, 96.1FM, our KNKR.ORG website and Facebook pages for updates as they become available. We also ask the Community to email news@knkr.org with weather conditions at your personal location, should we face heavy impact and to phone […]
AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUILLERMO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 143.5 WEST. GUILLERMO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/H. GUILLERMO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD MOTION EXPECTED STARTING LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE […]
