Hurricane Flossie

[MatthewCarman]

I saw on a comercial update on the weather channel just before I turned it off that Flossie now a Hurricane could hit Hawaii but they did not say the path of it. I realy dont know where to check for Hurricane paths for the Pacific Ocean does anyone know any good sites? Thoughts?

 

[Jim Leonard]

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/cphc/
This is the Central pacific hurricane center, they cover the area from 140W to the dateline.
The sst's are usually not favorable to support a hurricane moving in from the east along with strong SW winds aloft. Hawaii only experiences strong storms coming up from the south at a fairly rapid forward motion. This type of setup is usually found during strong El-Nino events, hurricane Iniki 1992 for example.

 

[MatthewCarman]

Flossie is now a Category 4 Hurricane and is aiming right for Hawaii. Sustained winds are around 140 MPH with higher gusts. Realy inpressive on satalite. Anyone going to be in Hawaii to chase this thing?

 

[MatthewCarman]

This Hurricane has weakend considerably to a Catigory 2 Hurricane as it moves towards Hawaii. It looks to stay just south of Hawaii but will still affect the main island. I have been told that dry cooler air over Hawaii is what is killing the Hurricane. Thoughts?

 

[John Peters]

Interestingly enough, it seems that sheer has blown north most of the convection north of the center of circulation across the big island. Thankfully flossie has weakened to a TS.