Friday, September 4, 2015

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

September 4,2015

Current Status and Forecast:

  • Jimena has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane after being a Category 4 hurricane from early last Saturday morning through early Tuesday morning.
  • Hurricane Jimena is over 600 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii.
  • Jimena will continue to weaken, gradually, and may be downgraded to a tropical storm this weekend.
  • This system is no threat to land over the next five days as it tracks slowly northwestward, then bends westward in the week ahead.
  • Swells from Jimena will create dangerous, perhaps damaging surf along east-facing shores of Hawaii through the weekend. (NWS high surf alert)
  • 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

Forecast Track

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