Hawaii Island Weather Update for July 11th, 2020
HIRSC Weather Team is continuing to watch two disturbances in the East Pacific. The first disturbance, Tropical Storm Cristina, is moving a track as it begins to slowly dissipate as it moves west. The only impact expected for Hawaii Island weather is an increase of windward and mauka showers moving in with the trade wind flow later next weekend.
The second disturbance, an area of interest that crossed into the East Pacific from Central America has a high chance of becoming an organized storm in the next 5 days. We will closely monitor this disturbance as it becomes more organized in the coming days.
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Forecast update and discussion on Tropical Storm Cristina:
Tropical Storm Cristina Advisory Number 20
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL EP052020
500 AM HST Sat Jul 11 2020
...CRISTINA BEGINNING TO WEAKEN...
SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...20.6N 119.7W
ABOUT 650 MI...1045 KM WSW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB...29.42 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 500 AM HST (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Cristina was
located near latitude 20.6 North, longitude 119.7 West. Cristina is
moving toward the west near 14 mph (22 km/h), and this general
motion is expected to continue into early next week.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 65 mph (100 km/h)
with higher gusts. Cristina is forecast to gradually weaken over the
next few days and become a remnant low early next week.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles (150 km)
from the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 996 mb (29.42 inches).
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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None.
NEXT ADVISORY
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Next complete advisory at 1100 AM HST.
Forecast update and discussion on area interest in the East Pacific:
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1100 AM PDT Sat Jul 11 2020
For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Cristina, located several hundred miles west-southwest of the
southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.
1. A low pressure system located a couple of hundred miles southeast
of Acapulco, Mexico, has become a little better defined this
morning. Although upper-level winds are currently only marginally
conducive for development of a tropical cyclone, environmental
conditions are expected to become more favorable for the formation
of a tropical depression in two or three days while the system
moves quickly west-northwestward to westward, well south of the
coast of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent.