2018 Hurricane Season

[Chunkster]

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Originally posted by SoCal_to_Hawaii

Looking at the wind speed probabilities I see a tiny speck of green for part of Puna in that band of yellow. That looks odd to me.
(http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/tcpages/?product=wind_probs_34_F120&stormid=EP142018)

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I noticed it, too, and my weather-savvy spouse says that the yellow color offshore indicating higher wind speed is because of no land resistance, while that mauka of us is likely due to the tendency for winds to increase with altitude. For once, Puna might be in a "sweet spot," but it's really too early to tell how it will play out in the event.