(09-24-2026, 06:17 PM)ironyak Wrote: Just to make the differences in the paths a bit clearer..
That's a whole lot of difference when in comes to impacts to the island.. somewhere between a breezy day and it huffed and buffed and blew the house down..
(09-24-2026, 07:46 PM)kalianna Wrote: Despite the differences in forecasts, it appears that we should not experience hurricane force winds in Puna.
Fingers crossed on that one.
I think that's still open for debate. If you look at the width of the wind field on the NHC wind map..
![[Image: 242055.png]](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/EP15/refresh/EP152026_wind_probs_64_F120+png/242055.png)
and then move the white dot up to the 17.5N.. google and the NHC predicted.. (it's currently at 15N) and then take the width of the higher wind filed, say light brown and up, it's a toss up. That's why the ECMWF model is so preferable.
Again.. I vote.. if we're still allowed to vote.. that da buggah goes elsewhere.

