1. TS Madeline is forecast to reach hurricane strength today 8-26-16. It is expected to reach the Hawaiian Islands by Wednesday 8-31-16. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?epac 2. Hurricane Lester is following behind TS Madeline. It may reach the Islands one week later on Wednesday 9-7-16. http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/ ZCZC MIATWOEP ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 500 AM PDT SAT AUG 27 2016 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Lester, located several hundred miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, and on Tropical Storm Madeline, located about 1200 miles east-southeast of Big Island of Hawaii.
Very strange year over in the Western Pacific. I think the PI had some smallish typhoons and Taiwan got belted by a big one, but we've had nothing - none - coming over Okinawa. By the end of August we usually have had 2 or 3 good ones blow in.
Tropical Storm Newton is being forecast by the NHC to reach Southern Arizona about Wednesday evening, 9-7-16
Just in...... at 9 PM MDT This is the earliest 16th tropical cyclone formation in the eastern Pacific since 1992. TD-Sixteen-E FORECAST #1 POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 11/0300Z 13.9N 114.9W 30 KT 35 MPH 12H 11/1200Z 14.9N 116.3W 35 KT 40 MPH 24H 12/0000Z 16.0N 118.2W 45 KT 50 MPH Tropical Storm Orlene ? 36H 12/1200Z 16.9N 119.6W 55 KT 65 MPH 48H 13/0000Z 17.7N 120.3W 65 KT 75 MPH CAT 1 Hurricane Orlene ? 72H 14/0000Z 18.9N 120.7W 70 KT 80 MPH 96H 15/0000Z 19.1N 122.5W 65 KT 75 MPH 120H 16/0000Z 19.0N 126.0W 65 KT 75 MPH