Saturday 18 October 2014

Hurricane Ana is passing south of Oahu and Kaua counties in the Hawaiian Islands.







Hurricane Ana is passing south of Oahu and Kaua counties in the Hawaiian Islands. It's centered at 11 a.m. HST / 5 p.m. EDT about
190 miles south of Lihue and 155 miles south-southwest of Honolulu,
moving toward the northwest


On the forecast track, the center will pass about 140 miles southwest of Oahu this afternoon, about 125 miles southwest of Kauai tonight, and 105 miles south of Niihau tonight and Sunday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 80 mph - a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours, with Ana expected to weaken below hurricane strength on Sunday. Tropical storm conditions are possible over Oahu and Kauai county tonight and Sunday.

Large swells are expected to impact most of the main Hawaiian islands through Sunday. Surf produced by these swells could potentially be damaging along exposed southern and southeastern shorelines through Sunday.

Bands of heavy rainfall will periodically move over the main Hawaiian islands this weekend.

Get the latest information, including graphics, at NOAA's Central Pacific Hurricane Center website at: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/tcpages/?storm=ANA

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