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Satellite view from Himawari-8. The storm is huge, pressure continues to drop, & it now has 155 mph winds. Even if the center of the storm misses us, a good part of Big Island will see some affects:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlJYVe0VAAAzCB5?format=jpg&name=medium
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The spaghetti models have been all over the place, changing every hour. Seems there are novel conditions which the algorhythms have no history with. Math and reality, always an interesting interplay.
I wonder which model will win this round? Hoping the couple few that have it going simply south will get the gold star scratch and sniff sticker.
Is there a site that tracks the, shall we say, track record of the various models?
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Lane now upgraded to category 5. Yikes.
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The winds aren't due to arrive till Thursday morning so why is everything closing on Wednesday?
Should be due south of us about now.
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Won't Lane dissipate into a tropical storm like every other hurricane to historically hit the Big Island, such as Iselle? Basically, doesn't the cold air from Mauna Kea throw a monkey wrench into the heat engine inside of the hurricane, and cause it to downgrade?
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
The winds aren't due to arrive till Thursday morning so why is everything closing on Wednesday?
Should be due south of us about now.
Any reason to take a day off...
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"The winds aren't due to arrive till Thursday morning so why is everything closing on Wednesday?"
I think the concern for Wednesday is the strong threat of flooding rather than the winds.
Even in the face of a typhoon.Folks here never miss a day off from complaining.
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It will soon be west of our longitude. Question: can (or do) hurricanes around here ever travel East?
