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MEDIA RELEASE James C. (Jim) Weyman, meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service weather forecast office and director of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu, retired March 31, after 15 years of service in the islands and more than 40 years of combined federal service. From 1970 through 1990, Weyman served as meteorologist in the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center has announced projected climate conditions point to a below normal hurricane season in the Central Pacific basin this year. The outlook was issued at a news conference called to urge Hawaii residents to be fully prepared for the onset of the hurricane season, which begins June 1. “It […]

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MEDIA RELEASE NOAA’s National Weather Service is asking the marine community to help safeguard its offshore buoys – which provide meteorologists with critical data for weather and tsunami forecasts – following a series of incidents where buoys were damaged or cut from their moorings.  Since November 2008, three weather buoys around the Hawaiian Islands have […]

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MEDIA RELEASE NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) is conducting two free hurricane preparedness workshops on the Big Island The workshops are open to the public.   Hurricane experts will announce the outlook for this year’s season, provide hurricane facts and figures, discuss CPHC products available to the public and how to get them, touch […]

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MEDIA RELEASE NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) announced Wednesday, May 20 projected climate conditions point to a near to below normal hurricane season in the Central Pacific Basin this year.    An average season has 4-5 tropical cyclones, which includes tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes. The prediction was issued at a news conference […]

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