Posted on 08/05/2018 9:23:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Under the current forecast track, Hector is expected to pass south of the Big Island of Hawaii late Wednesday or Wednesday night. The center of Hector will pass just south of the Big Island by about 150 to 200 miles, close enough to the Big Island to bring enhanced showers and thunderstorms and gusty winds.
Forecasters also said Hector is expected to maintain major hurricane strength for the next two to three days...
Hector will bring increased surf and a high risk for dangerous rip currents to east- and south-facing beaches of the southernmost islands, especially the Big Island and Maui during next week.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Volcanoes, hurricanes, alarms of ICBM attacks from North Korea. Gee makes you wonder if Hawaii is being punished for regularly electing Democrats
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2018-08-03-hawaii-hurricane-tropical-typical-track-history
...Dating to 1950, there is no record of a hurricane landfalling on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Tropical Storm Iselle [2014] became only the second tropical storm, and the strongest, to landfall on the Big Island dating to 1950. The only other storm to do so was in 1958.
Of course, in the vast Pacific Ocean, even the Big Island represents a pretty small target for the center of a tropical cyclone...
Bastardi at Weatherbell.com yesterday seemed all but certain that Hector would steer well south of the Hawaiians.
It will be interesting to see how this affects the volcano eruption. What I mean is will the winds spread any fire around.
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