NOAA Pacific official info NWS Forecast Office Honolulu

160mph? Wowsa.

DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 1100 PM HST (0900 UTC), the center of Hurricane Lane was located
near latitude 14.7 North, longitude 154.5 West. Lane is moving
toward the west-northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h) and this motion is
expected to continue tonight. A turn toward the northwest is
expected on Wednesday, followed by a turn to the north-northwest on
Thursday. On the forecast track, the center of Lane will move very
close to or over the main Hawaiian Islands from Thursday through
Saturday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 160 mph (260 km/h) with higher
gusts. Lane is a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Wind Scale. Slow weakening is forecast during the next 48
hours, but Lane is forecast to remain a dangerous hurricane as it
draws closer to the Hawaiian Islands.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles (65 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles
(220 km).

The estimated minimum central pressure is 930 mb (27.47 inches).

WOOOF!

It's gonna be a close call, and could get a bit hairy but I think they'll luck out ok. South shores should be PUMPING! I wonder how many guys are at Bowls with their Pipe guns?

not that worried about it unless its a direct hit. think the winds aren't going to help the surf...

Projected path looking lucky so far

ehhh... I felt more confident yesterday. I don't like the "jog" at the end of this frame.... This storm is moving so slow, that it doesn't have to be a direct hit to cause major flooding issues. Hopefully I'm wrong and the kahunas push it due west.... LOTS of surrounding moisture for it to pull in

Edited: 08/23/2018 at 06:25 AM by Plan B

Southwesterly sheer and cool water should help reduce the wind speeds. Flooding potential from insane rains looks high.

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