THIS IS JUSTIN CRUZ FROM
THE KHON 2 NEWS CENTER.
UPDATE ON HURRICANE LANE.
NEW NUMBERS JUST RELEASED BY
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER.
AS FAR AS THE INTENSITY GOES,
HURRICANE LANE MAINTAINS ITS
CATEGORY 5 INTENSITY.
WITH WINDS AROUND THE CENTER
OF THE SYSTEM AT 160 MILES PER
HOUR.
SO SINCE EARLIER THIS EVENING,
THERE WAS AN INCREASE AFTER
INTENSITY FROM 155 TO 160
COMPARED TO 24 HOURS AG, IT
WAS 130, AGAIN, NOW 160.
IT IS MAINTAINING ITS
STRENGTHS.
NO CHANGES ON THIS UPDATE WITH
THIS HURRICANE.
WHICH LOOKS VERY, VERY WELL
DEFINED.
EYE IS STILL VERY CLEAR.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH SYMMETRICAL.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S A
LOT OF RAGGED ACTIVITY
HAPPENING WITH THIS HURRICANE
AT THIS POINT.
START TO WEEKEND LANE, OF
COURSE WE EXPECTED THIS TO
HAPPEN.
MUCH EARLIER IN TIME.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
HASN'T HAPPENED SO FAR.
BUT THAT IS THE FORECAST
PHILOSOPHY AS HURRICANE LANE
MAINTAINS STRENGTH FOR NOW,
BUT BY TOMORROW, AND THROUGH
THE DAYS AHEAD, DECREASES IN
WIND SPEED AT CATEGORY 4.
THEN EVENTUALLY, CATEGORY 3.
CURRENTLY LOCATED 350-MILES
SOUTH, SOUTHEAST OF
KAILUA-KONA.
AS IT'S CLOSEST POINT AFTER
HAPPENS ON THURSDAY, THROUGH
FRIDAY, SEE HOW BOILS DOWN TO
KAUAI.
WE STILL ANTICIPATE THIS
SYSTEM TO BE MUCH WEAKER
SYSTEM CLOSE TORT HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS DUE TO WIND SHEER AND
MAKE THAT CURVE TOWARDS THE
WEST AND AWAY TO THE ISLANDS
AS A TROPICAL STORM BY
SATURDAY MORNING, NO LATER
THAN SATURDAY MIDDAY.
NOT TOO MUCH CHANGE IN THE
TRACK.
I WILL SAY MAYBE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN JOGGED A LITTLE BIT
FARTHER TO THE LEFT.
BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY.
EVEN WITHOUT A DIRECT HIT, THE
IMPACTS COULD BE VERY
SIGNIFICANT TO THE ISLANDS.
INCLUDING THE TROPICAL STORM
WINDS.
RIGHT NOW, LOOK AT HIGH
CHANCE, HIGH PERCENTAGES OF
THE ISLAND SEEING TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS AT LEAST
39 MILES PER HOUR ALL THE WAY
UP TO 73 MILES PER HOUR.
THIS INCLUDES KONA COAST, MUCH
OF MAUI COUNTY, AND OAHU AND
EVENTUALLY, KAUAI.
TROPICAL STORM WINDS
DEFINITELY A FACTOR.
AS FAR AS THE IMPACTS, THAT
HASN'T CHANGED MUCH BECAUSE
IT'S MAINTAINED INTENSITY.
FOR THE MOST PART, MAINTAINED
ITS TRACK FROM EARLIER TODAY.
WE ARE EXPECTING 15 TO 25-FOOT
SURF.
STORM SURGE AND RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES FOR
SOME AREAS.
AND STRONG WINDS I WOULD SAY
ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 50 MILES
PER HOUR SUSTAINED WINDS WITH
DWUSES 6 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR
WITH POSSIBILITY OF SOME
TORNADOES BEING SPUN.
TO BE DETERMINED BECAUSE IT'S
STILL SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES TO
THE SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS.
DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL
TRACK.
IF IT MAINTAINS INTENSITY AND
TRACK IS CLOSER THAN FORECAST,
ALL OF THESE FACTORS WILL
INCREASE IF IT'S FARTHER OUT
AS A WEAKER SYSTEM, THESE
FACTORS WILL DECREASE.
OTHER WAY, GR DIRECT HIT OR NOT,
UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE TO THE
ISLANDS AND WILL SEE IMPACTS
INCLUDING HEAVY RAIN.
TIME LINE FOR HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUES.
BIG ISLAND, LATE WEDNESDAY.
THIS IS STARTING FOR THE HEAVY
RAIN.
LATE WEDNESDAY.
AND THEN OAHU, MAUI COUNTY,
AND KAUAI ON THURSDAY.
HEAVY RAIN SITUATION COULD
LAST AS FAR OUT AS SATURDAY.
WE'LL ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
TIME FRAME WHERE WE COULD SEE
THAT HIGH SURF.
ALSO TROPICAL STORM FORCE
FOR THE ISLANDS AS THE SYSTEM
MAKES ITS WAY FROM THE SOUTH
AND STAYS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
THE ARC OF THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS.
THAT IS THE LATEST IN TERMS OF
THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE
INTENSITY AS WELL AS THE
TRACK.
KELLY SIMEK WILL BE HERE
TOMORROW MORNING WITH THE
LATEST.
ANOTHER UPDATE THAT IS OUT AT
2:00 A.M. AS WELL AS 5:00 A.M.
NEW NUMBERS AT THAT POINT.
WE HOPE THAT HURRICANE WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.
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LANE OR ANY OTHER SYSTEM THAT
AFFECTS OUR ISLANDS.