Hurricane Ignacio's track has moved again slightly North & East, 720 miles from Hilo. Kohala is till in the cone, but barely. Remember though, the path can change dramatically, so stay tuned and prepared. Hurricane Jimena is still far away but is now predicted to reach the highest category, a cat 5 hurricane (155mph winds); currently it is a cat 3!
The tracking cone shows a very slight North turn, good news, and hopefully, continues to track further & further North & East of The Islands. The important thing to always remember is the path continues to change and even a very small change can be extremely significant. (Hurricane Jimena, an even more powerful hurricane is still far away with much uncertainty, although it's path has just been moved more westerly, […]
Hawaii Island is still in the tracking cone. ALTHOUGH ITS OVERALL APPEARANCE HAS BECOME A BIT RAGGED IN THE SATELLITE IMAGERY ON THE WEST SIDE THIS AFTERNOON...DEEP CONVECTION NEAR THE CENTER OF IGNACIO CONTINUES TO PUSH TOPS ABOVE THE -80C LEVEL. THE EYE HAS REMAINED CLOUD-FILLED THROUGH THE DAY WITHIN A CENTRAL DENSE OVERCAST. A 2246 UTC GPM PASS SHOWED THE STRONGEST CORE CONVECTION SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES […]
As we all know by now, we have been extremely lucky as every storm headed here either dissolves, turns away, or is shattered so much that it is very weak when it impacts Kohala. Thankfully, we do have Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, and Haleakala to assist in our daily lives. Now there are 2 more storms headed in our direction, with the first one, Ignacio, having its current track hitting the […]
At 500 AM HST, the center of Tropical Storm Ignacio was located near latitude 12.2 North, longitude 135.1 West. Ignacio is moving toward the west near 9 mph (15 km/h). This westward motion is expected to continue today with an increase in forward speed. A turn toward the west-northwest is forecast on Thursday. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph (95 km/h) with higher gusts. Additional strengthening […]
Another storm is headed this way and it is expected to become a hurricane as it comes closer to Hawaii this weekend. Stay prepared & tuned to KNKR and knkr.org for updates. At 11 a.m., the storm was about 1,530 miles east-southeast of Hilo, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, moving west at 6 mph. The storm is expected to strengthen quickly and become a hurricane on Thursday as […]
