PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER.
KATHY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TALK ABOUT EXCITED.
I RAN DOWN THE HALLWAY.
BUT YOU ARE ON TOP OF IT.
FORECASTERS IN THE CENTRAL
PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER MIGHT
HAVEN GIVE A CHEER TOO.
DEFINITELY.
LAST FEW HOURS HAVE JUST BEEN
MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING
FOR.
THAT DECOUPLING OF THE UPPER
LEVEL AND LOWER LEVELS OF LANE
AND FINALLY STARKT TO SEE THAT
LOWER LEVEL CIRCULATION POP
OUT FROM UNDERNEATH AND START
ITS MOVEMENT AND THEN JOG
TOWARD THE WEST NOW.
PUBLIC ADVISORY CAME OUT AS
WELL SAYING THAT IT IS NOW,
THINK THE LAST VOICERY HAD THE
CENTER OF LANE 120-MILES SOUTH
OF OAHU.
TBHOW BUT NOW, IT IS FURTHER
AWAY AND TO THE SOUTHWEST.
RIGHT.
SO NOW, IT'S 5:00 P.M., ABOUT
150-MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HONOLULU.
GREAT NEWS.
ANOTHER INDICATION IT'S
STARTING THE JOB TO THE WEST.
WE CAN ALSO SAY AGAIN THAT IT
IS NO LONGER HURRICANE, IT IS
A TROPICAL STORM.
RIGHT.
ALL THE HURRICANE WARNINGS
THAT WERE ISSUE THE FOR OAHU,
MAUI COUNTY, THEY HAVE BEEN
DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM
WARNING.
DO WE EXPECT THAT IT WILL
CONTINUE MORE RAPID WEAKENING?
WELL, SO WILL CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM
THE STATE.
IT HAS LOST ITS V VERTICAL
INTEGRITY.
SO DOESN'T HAVE THAT STRONG
VERTICAL STRUCTURE ANY MORE.
JUST KIND A LOW LEVEL
CIRCULATION.
GETTING PICK GED UP BY THE
TRADEWINDS.
MOVING AWAY FROM THE STATE.
SO A LOT OF THAT WE STILL HAVE
ALL THIS MOISTURE AND ABUNDANT
MOISTURE THAT'S LINGERING OVER
THE AREA.
WE CAN'T STILL RULE ON THE THE
POW TEPGHTS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL
THROUGH TONIGHT.
LEADING TO POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING AS WELL.
SOME OF THE ROOMS AROUND THE
AREA, USUALLY WITH WILL HE
PRESSURE SYSTEM, TO SOUTH AND
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TO
OUR NORTH.
PRETTY MUCH HELP DRIVE SOME OF
THAT GO USE TRADEWINDS ACROSS
THE STATE TO SEE SOME
GUSTINESS IN THE WINDS OF
PERHAPS UP TO 50 MILES PER
HOUR.
USES AS FAR AS THE RAIN, WE SAY
THIS ALL THE TIME, SO MAYBE
PEOPLE OKAY, YEAH, THE REALLY
SERIOUS THAT WE DO LOOT OF
MOISTURE IN OUR AREA, LOT OF
ISN'T THIS THUNDERSTORMS
POPPING UP RIGHT AROUND HERE?
RIGHT.
DEFINITELY, SOME OF THIS
BUMPINESS THAT YOU SEE IN THE
CLOUD FEATURES DEFINITELY
THUNDERSTORMS.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE ITS WAY
CLOSER TO SHORE.
DEFINITELY BRING US SOME HITCH
I RAINFALL IN ANY OF THESE
FORMS ARE I CAN MAY IT ON
SHORE.
ALSO CONTINUE TO WATCH THE
FLOW ACROSS THE BIG ISLAND.
BIG ISLAND CONTINUES TO SEE
HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AREA.
OVER THE LAST 72 HORSE OR SO.
SEEN 20 TO 30 INCHES OF
RAINFALL.
AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUE AS WE SPEAK.
ALL THOUGH THE HURRICANE
WARNING AND I DIDN'T SEE IF
THE ISLAND OF HAWAI'I, IF THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING WAS
DOWNGRADED.
BUT IN ANY CASE, THERE ARE
STILL AND WE SHOULD WATCH OUT
FOR, FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND
THE SORT, AND STILL SOME HIGH
SURF.
RIGHT.
DEFINITELY HIGH SURF IS STILL
A CONCERN.
WAVES GENERATED FROM LEAN
AFTER CHU CHURNING DOWN SOUTH OF
US OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.
SOUTHERN SHORES OF OAHU AND
MAUI COUNTY, THEY'LL SEE SOME
WAVES POTENTIALLY UP INTO THE
15-FOOT RANGE.
SOME OF THE WAVES COULD BE
ROLLING UP CLOSER TO THE
BEACHES.
SO PEOPLE ALONG THE BEACH AREA
SHOULD REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO
THE SURROUNDINGS AROUND THE
WATEREDS.
LET'S LOOK AT HEAD OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT
STARTS TO JOG AND TURNING TO
THE NORTHWEST.
I SUSPECT IT WILL THEN
EVENTUALLY DUE WEST AND
PERHAPS GET COMPLETELY BLON
OFF A LITTLE TO THE WEST,
SOUTHWEST?
RIGHT.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR REMNANTS
OF LANE.
WE SHOULD EXPECT LANE BECOME A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SOMETIME
CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE
IMPACT TO KAUAI?
KAUAI COULD STILL
DEFINITELY SEE RAINFALL.
WIND THREAT IS DECREASED.
BUT YOU KNOW, STRONG
TRADEWINDS, COULD STILL SEE
GUST ANYWHERE UP TO ABOUT 40
TO 50 MILES PER HOUR.
DEFINITELY, BE MINDFUL OF
POTENTIAL HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS KAUAI.
ED OKAY.
SO EVERYONE STILL IS UNDER THE
THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN.
WIND THREAT HAS DIMINISHED.
STILL THE THREFT HIGH SURF.
BUT OVERALL, LEAF.
THE WOODS YET.
THERE ARE STILL SOME IMPACTS
AND SOME THREATS THAT WE MAY
FACE AS FAR AS THE HEAVY
RAINFALL.
AND SOME GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH
SURF, STILL REMAIN VIGILANT.
THE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED BUT
UNTIL LANE IS REALLY OUT OF
OUR AREA WE CAN REALLY BREATHE
A SIGH OF RELIEF.
YOU HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A
CHANCE TO LOOK BACK AT LANE
AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM FOR HOW
MANY DAYS NOW.
AND HOW DIFFERENT THIS SYSTEM
HAS BEEN.
BUT HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE
IT PERSONALLY AS WITH YOUR
EXPERIENCE, HOW WOULD YOU
CHARACTERIZE LANE AROUND THE
EXPERIENCE OF LANE?
LANE HAS BEEN QUITE STRESSFUL
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.
UNCERTAINTY THAT IT BROUGHT
AND THE POTENTIAL THAT IT
COULD HAVE REALLY IMPACTED THE
STATE WITH POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING AND LIFE-THREATENING
CONDITIONS, THAT WAS A
SITUATION.
OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS WANT
RESIDENTS TO BE A SAFE AS
POSSIBLE.
AND WE WANT TO KIMO
INFRASTRUCTURE OF HAWAI'I THE
WAY IT IS.
AND WE DON'T WANT SEVERE
DAMAGE ACROSS THE STATE.
SO YOU NEED WE REALLY WANTED
TO PROVIDE THE BEST FORECAST
TO THE RESIDENT AND KEEP
EVERYONE SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
I KNOW WE ALL HAVE BEEN
WORKING SO HARD AND DEFINITELY
APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE
THE HONESTY OF THE UNCERTAINTY
AS WELL.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT IT
AND HOW BIG IT IS AND HOW
STRONG IT WAS.
IT WAS CATEGORY 5 AT ONE TIME.
AND THE UNCERTAINTY.
AND TO THINK THAT WE'RE NOT
GOING TO HAVE THE HURRICANE
HIT US.
IT'S INCREDIBLE TO ME.
THAT'S RIGHT THERE AND IT
STOPPED.
DEFINITELY PRILL BIT TOO CLOSE
FOR COMFORT.
JUST POTENTIAL OF THE DAMAGE
THAT IT COULD HAVE CAUSED IS
JUST GREAT ENOUGH.
I MEAN, WE'RE BEGINNING TO
SO THIS IS REALLY A SIGH OF
RELIEF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IRI CAN ALLOW, METEOROLOGIST
HERE AT THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER.