Aloha Owners,
Roy just sent this to me to blog. It looks like a very active Hurricane Season.
Denise
Hurricane Lane grows
to Category 4 storm as it heads toward Hawaii
August 20, 2018
Updated August 20, 2018 11:35am
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UPDATE: 11 a.m.
Hurricane Lane strengthened slightly into a Category 4 storm this morning on a path to move toward the Hawaiian islands later this week.
“Interests in the main Hawaiian islands, and across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, should continue to closely monitor the progress of Lane this week,” said forecasters with the Central Pacific Hurricane Center at 11 a.m.
Late this morning, Lane had 130 mph maximum sustained winds and higher gusts, and was 580 miles southeast of Hilo and 785 miles southeast of Honolulu, moving west at 12 mph. Hurricane-force winds extend up to 30 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend 125 miles.
A gradual turn toward the northwest is expected over the next few days, they said, adding that a weakening trend should begin on Tuesday.
Hawaii can expect large swells, and heavy rain and flooding later this week.
The current five-day forecast has Lane south of Oahu as a weakening hurricane on Friday and south of Kauai as a tropical storm on Saturday.
