FOLKS AT THE CENTRAL
PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER IN
MANOA HAVE BEEN MONITORING
LANE.
24-7.
KATHY:
THANK YOU, JOE.
I'M AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE, WHERE THE CENTRAL
PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER IS
HEAD QUARTER ERRED.
3:00 P.M. UPDATE, COMPLETE
PACKAGE, AGAIN, 120 MILES PER
HOUR WINDS.
DID SHOW WEAKENING SINCE 2:00
THIS AFTERNOON.
STILL MOVING AT ABOUT 6 MILES
PER HOUR TO THE NORTH,
NORTHWEST.
HACKED
ISLAND OF HAWAI'I FOR THE
FIFISCAL YEAR 'FIRST TIME SINCE
IT HAD A HURRICANE WARNING, IT
IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING.
SO THEY ARE NO LONGER UNDER A
HURRICANE WATCH.
OR WARNING.
MAUI COUNTY AND OAHU STILL
HURRICANE WARNING.
KAUAI, AND NIIHAU, UNDER A
HURRICANE WATCH.
SO NOW, I WANT TO BRING IN
ERIC LAU, METEOROLOGIST HERE
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
WHEN I SAID, THIS IS GOOD.
LANE DID NOT SLOW DOWN ANY
MORE.
BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN.
AND OF COURSE, YOU SAID BUT
IT'S STILL SLOW, 6-MILES PER
HOUR.
OTHER THAN THAT, AT LEAST THE
WINDS HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY.
ALTHOUGH STILL CATEGORY 3,
THIS LATEST UPDATE?
SINCE 2:00 P.M., HAS
WEAKENED A LITTLE BIT.
STILL SLOW.
THE PROLONGED DURATION OF THAT
MOISTURE HEADING UP THE ISLAND
CHAIN, THAT'S STILL GOING TO
BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH
FLOODING, ALREADY SEEING A LOT
OF HEAVY RAINS.
ALONG THE BIG ISLAND.
EASTERN COAST.
EASTERN SIDE OF MAUI COUNTY.
SO THAT LONG DURATION OF SLOW
MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH,
STILL GOING TO BRING THE
THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND
POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE.
ALL OF THIS MOISTURE IS
ESPECIALLY THE YELLOW AND RED.
THAT'S ALL STILL THERE.
AND IN OUR PATH.
THAT'S ONE OF THE TRIPLE
THREATS.
TALK ABOUT THE OTHER TWO.
ALONG WITH RAIN THREAT, WE
ALSO HAVE THE THREAT OF
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDSND
AS HURRICANE LANE CONTINUES
ITS MARCH TOWARD THE NORTH.
SO YOU KNOW, TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS STILL EXTEND A
GOOD 140-MILES OUT FROM THE
CENTER.
AND POTENTIALLY DEPENDING ON
WHERE LANE GOES, COULD
POTENTIALLY BE IN THAT ZONE
WHERE WE CAN STILL SEE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS.
THE THIRD THREAT IS ALSO HIGH
SURF.
SO WE HAVE CHOPPY WAVES, BIG
WAVES, GOING TO BE REALLY
MESSY OUT IN THE OCEAN.
BUT ALSO, THE LARGE AMOUNT OF
WATER THAT'S HEADING TOWARDS
THE SOUTH SHORE, THAT'S GOING
TO BRING THE THREAT OF COASTAL
FLOODING, COASTAL INUNDATION.
SO PEOPLE ALONG THE SOUTHERN
AND WESTERN SHORES OF THE
ISLAND, DO STILL NEED TO TAKE
THEIR PRECAUTIONS, ESPECIALLY
LOW LYING AREAS.
ALSO WITH THIS PACKAGE AT
5:00, UPDATE, IT DID SHOW THE
FORECAST TRACK.
THE UPDATED TRACK THAT SEEMS
TO SHOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT
FURTHER AWAY WHEN IT MAKES ITS
TURN WEST.
NOW, JUSTIN HAD MENTIONED,
ISLANDS ARE OUT OF THE CONE.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE IN
THE CLEAR.
RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, SO THE CONE OF
UNCERTAINTY, THAT'S KIND OF
WHAT IT MEAN, REALLY STILL
UNCERTAIN, TYPICALLY, THE CONE
OF UNCERTAINTY IS PROBABILITY
THAT IT WILL STAY WITHIN THE
TRACK 66% OF THE TIME.
SO THERE STILL IS THAT 33%
CHANCE THAT IT COULD STILL BE
OUTSIDE OF THE CONE, SO THAA.S
WHY WE'RE STILL REALLY NEED TO
BE VIGILANT OF THE SITUATION.
AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE
LATEST FORECAST TO SEE WHERE
IT ACTUALLY IS.
AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.
OVERALL, WOULD YOU SAY
YOU'RE ENCOURAGED?
WITH THE CURRENT AMOUNT OF
WIND SHEER AND THE SATELLITE
PICTURES THAT SHOW THIS KIND
NORTH. ISLANDS, IT LOOKS
PROMISING THAT THIS WIND SHEER
HAS STARTED TO IMPACT THE
STRENGTH OF LANE RIGHT NOW.
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S IT.