Information on closures due to Hurricane Iselle.
Currently Hurricane Iselle has weakened slightly and is barely a Category One Hurricane and will probably be at or near hurricane strength when it reaches the Big Island. At 5 p.m. HST Thursday (Aug 7) the center of Hurricane Iselle was about 90 miles East-Southeast of Hilo moving West at about 19.5 mph. Hurricane strength winds can extend up to 35 miles from this center and Tropical Storm winds up to 140 miles from the center. Do not concentrate on the center of the storm for position of damaging winds, rain and surge.
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A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * HAWAII COUNTY A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * MAUI COUNTY...INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF MAUI...MOLOKAI...LANAI... AND KAHOOLAWE. * OAHU * KAUAI COUNTY INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF KAUAI AND NIIHAU. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS. INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ISELLE. HURRICANE ISELLE DISCUSSION NUMBER 32 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI EP092014 500 PM HST THU AUG 07 2014 ISELLE IS BARELY HOLDING ON TO HURRICANE STATUS. ALTHOUGH THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY RISE...THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT FOUND MAXIMUM FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS OF 72 KNOTS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER AT 2300 UTC. THE HIGHEST SFMR WINDS WERE 68 KNOTS...AND VARIOUS WIND REDUCTION TECHNIQUES RESULTED IN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND ESTIMATES BETWEEN 65 AND 70 KNOTS. THE 00Z SYNOPTIC INTENSITY WAS THUS KEPT AT 70 KNOTS...BUT GIVEN THE INCREASINGLY RAGGED APPEARANCE IN THE SATELLITE IMAGERY...THE ADVISORY INTENSITY WILL BE 65 KNOTS FOR THIS CYCLE. EVEN THOUGH THE TRACK FORECAST TAKES ISELLE OVER INCREASINGLY WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES...THE CYCLONE WILL BE ENTERING A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN REGARDS TO SHEAR. ISELLE IS CONTINUING TO IMPINGE ON STRONGER NORTHERLIES AT THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF AN UPPER ANTICYCLONE LOCATED NEAR JOHNSTON ISLAND. THE SHEAR...ALONG WITH INTERACTION OF THE CORE WITH THE BIG ISLAND TERRAIN...WILL RESULT IN MORE RAPID WEAKENING DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. STRONG SHEAR WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DIGS SOUTHWARD OVER THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE INTENSITY FORECAST HAS BEEN ADJUSTED DOWNWARD TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE FACTORS... AND IS ON THE LOWER END OF THE GUIDANCE ENVELOPE. AS HAS BEEN STATED BEFORE...REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ISELLE MAKES IT TO THE BIG ISLAND AS A MINIMAL HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM...THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM WIND...RAIN...AND SURF. THE TRACK FORECAST HAS BEEN NUDGED JUST SLIGHTLY SOUTHWARD AFTER 12 HOURS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EXPECTATION OF A SHALLOWER CYCLONE. ISELLE IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTH OF A RATHER WEAK SUBTROPICAL RIDGE ROUGHLY ALONG LATITUDE 39N. THIS RIDGE IS FORECAST TO SINK SOUTH...BUT WEAKEN...WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN A SLOWER FORWARD MOTION WITH ISELLE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. SOME ACCELERATION OF ISELLE...OR ITS REMNANT LOW...IS FORECAST AT THE LONGER TIME PERIODS AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE NORTH OF THE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 08/0300Z 19.1N 153.8W 65 KT 75 MPH 12H 08/1200Z 19.4N 156.1W 55 KT 65 MPH 24H 09/0000Z 19.8N 158.8W 50 KT 60 MPH 36H 09/1200Z 20.3N 161.3W 40 KT 45 MPH 48H 10/0000Z 20.6N 163.3W 35 KT 40 MPH 72H 11/0000Z 21.6N 167.8W 30 KT 35 MPH 96H 12/0000Z 23.5N 173.6W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 120H 13/0000Z 26.4N 179.8E 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
Latest NWS Infrared Satellite Image Loop of Iselle
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