#hurricane Maui

(Updated at 3:46 p.m. Sat, Aug 8, 2009 by Wendy Osher) The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Kahoolawe, Lanai, Maui, Molokai and the Big Island of Hawaii from Monday morning through Tuesday afternoon. Abundant moisture associated with Felicia is expected to produce extremely heavy rainfall with the potential for widespread […]

(Updated @ 5p.m. 8/7/09 by Wendy Osher) Hurricane Felicia strengthened slightly on Friday afternoon, but is still forecast to weaken over the weekend.  At 5 p.m. HST on Friday, August 07, 2009, Hurricane Felicia was located about 1115 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii and was moving toward the west-northwest at near 14 mph. The National […]

(Updated at 11 a.m. 8/7/09 by Wendy Osher) The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Potential outlook for the State of Hawaii.  The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center indicates that Hurricane Felicia will weaken from its current Category 2 status to a tropical storm or tropical depression as it nears the Hawaiian […]

(Updated at 5 a.m. 8/7/09 by Wendy Osher) Hurricane Felicia has been downgraded from a category 4 to a category 2 hurricane.  The system was last located at 1280 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii and moving toward the west-northwest at 13 mph.  A gradual turn to the west is expected over the next couple of […]

UPDATED AT 5 A.M. 8/6/09 Hurricane Felicia has maintained her strength as a category 4 hurricane with winds remaining near 140 mph.  At around 5 a.m., the system was located at 1545 miles east of Hilo Hawaii and moving at a rate of 10 mph. The current track brings the storm within reach of the […]

Governor Linda Lingle Issued the following statement today as the state prepares for the possible impacts of Hurricane Felicia: “My Cabinet and I have been receiving regular updates, including one today during a Cabinet meeting, from State Civil Defense and the National Weather Service’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center on Hurricane Felicia and Tropical Storm Enrique. […]

Hurricane Felicia has maintained category 4 strength and is expected to weaken later today. At 11:30 p.m. HST,, the Center of Hurricane Felicia was located near Latitude 15.5 North, Longitude 131.2 West, or about 1480 miles west-southwest of the Southern tip of Baja California. Felicia is moving toward the west-northwest at 10 mph and is […]

UPDATED AT 5:10 P.M. 8/5/09 WEDNESDAY Hurricane Felicia is now classified as a category 4 hurricane and is moving toward the west-northwest at a rate of about 12 mph. Winds have increased to 140 mph with higher gusts. That places Felicia as a Category Four Hurricane on teh Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Forecasters with the National […]

The national weather service is tracking two storms now located in the eastern pacific-Tropical Storm Enrique and Hurricane Felicia. HURRICANE FELICIA UPDATE: Felicia has been in a rapid intensification phase today and has since developed a ragged eye.  The initial intensity has been raised, making Felicia the third hurricane of the 2009 Easter Pacific Season. […]