Hurricane Kilo a Major Hurricane in the Central Pacific Near International Dateline

August 31,2015

• Kilo became a major hurricane Saturday afternoon, and remains a powerful hurricane near the International Dateline in the central Pacific Ocean.
• At one point Saturday evening into Sunday morning, Kilo was one of three Category 4 hurricanes in the Pacific, joined by Jimena and Ignacio.
• Kilo is forecast to remain a major hurricane as it curls northwest and then west-southwest.
• Hurricane Kilo would be renamed "Typhoon Kilo" when it crosses the International Dateline (180 degrees longitude) early this week.
• Kilo is not a threat to land.

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Hawaii in the Rearview Mirror

Despite Kilo's inability to organize last week, the large-scale circulation near Hawaii brought enhanced moisture to the Aloha State, leading to locally heavy rainfall.
Honolulu picked up 4.48 inches of rain from early last Sunday morning (Aug. 23) through early this past Tuesday morning (local time), resulting in some road flooding and road closures on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island. Rain rates of 3-4 inches per hour were estimated by radar early Tuesday morning approaching Kauai.
Thunderstorms over the islands produced up to an estimated 10,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes over a 24-hour period from midday last Sunday (Aug. 23) through midday last Monday (Aug. 24), according to the National Weather Service in Honolulu.
Honolulu's 3.53 inches on Aug. 24 was an all-time record for any August day, topping a 2.92-inch deluge from Aug. 4, 2004, and propelled the Hawaiian capital to its wettest month of August, besting that record which had stood since 1888 (4.47 inches).

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