Hurricane Jimena Slowly Weakening in the Central Pacific; Adding to Hawaii High Surf

September 3,2015

Highlights

• Jimena has weakened to a Category 2 hurricane after being a Category 4 hurricane from early Saturday morning through early Tuesday morning.
• Hurricane Jimena is located about 690 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii.
• Jimena began to weaken Tuesday and will continue to do so, gradually, over the next several days.
• This system is no threat to land over the next five days as it tracks slowly northwestward, well southeast of Ignacio.
• Swells from Jimena will reach east-facing shores of Hawaii and continue through the weekend.
• At one point Saturday evening into Sunday morning, Jimena was one of three Category 4 equivalent hurricanes in the Pacific, joined by Kilo and Ignacio.

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Current Status

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