Loke Upgraded Back to a Tropical Storm in the Central Pacific

August 22,2015

Highlights

• Loke weakened to a tropical depression early Saturday morning, Hawaii standard time (HST), but had regained tropical storm status by Saturday afternoon HST.
• Loke originally became a tropical cyclone as Tropical Depression Four-C late Thursday.
• This system is located just under 655 miles south of Midway Island.
• This system is likely to be pulled in a general northward direction through the weekend, posing no threat to land over the next five days.

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Storm Information and Satellite

Projected Path

Tropical Depression Loke continues to spin, but struggle in the central Pacific, after having become the fifth named storm to have formed in the central Pacific basin this season and the seventh to track through the basin this year.
Loke's convection is having trouble staying organized. To its southeast, Kilo is also struggling.
(MORE: Tropical Storm Kilo)
This system may remain a tropical storm over the next 24 to 48 hours, but poses no immediate threat to land.
The system is expected to hover near the International Date Line. Should it pass west of this boundary, it would technically shift into the Western North Pacific tropical cyclone basin.
Looking ahead, Tropical Storm Loke could potentially approach Midway Island, but the earliest that would happen appears to be the middle of the upcoming week. A lot can change with forecast tracks and intensities by then.
(MORE: Twin Typhoons in the Pacific)
Stay tuned to The Weather Channel and check back with weather.com for updates on this system.

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