Check Back Later 09/26

The main event today was my friend Malia's closing ceremony at Indigenous Culture Creatives. 

Other artists there at the closing included Dalcetta, Natalia, & Will. 

On the way back to drop Kai off we stopped at Winco, his favorite grocery store. 

IASA #4-33

Lapakahi got 0.56 inches of rain last week!

 

Check Back Later 09/25

Today I went to Washington. But things are hectic & there are a lot of moving parts so this is just a very quick snapshot of what my day was like.

I closed all except 2 windows in the house in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Nolo.

I put 2 bowls out under the eaves for cat water because their water fountain is having issues.

I did a Lingopie lesson this morning. It appears a "streak" is number of days in a week that you practice not actually how many days in a row you practice.

I did my Duolingo Mandarin lesson!

Hurricane Nolo is coming soon. 

Kilauea is not erupting.

Still On Time

I checked the Flight Aware site early this morning; my flight is still on time. I signed up for alerts so if anything changes with the flight I will be notified. Although airlines can notify you via text, I have found they donʻt always do it in a timely manner. I also checked to see where the plane I will be flying on is currently. It's in the air & headed this way so it's looking good for my flight to take off on time! 

Nolo became a hurricane yesterday. It is now about 210 miles southerly of Ka Lae & moving north-northeasterly at about 5 mph. Maximum sustained winds are about 85 mph & tropical storm force winds extend out about 115 miles; too far to affect our winds at this time. But it is dumping more rain on us than is usual for this time of year. Nolo is expected to become a major hurricane over the weekend; but my plane will have landed in Seattle by then. Nolo is also expected to turn westerly over the weekend so we should be able to avoid catastrophic damage.

The disturbance that is about 1000 miles east-southeasterly of us has been given a 50% chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next 7 days. In fact, it is anticipated to become one over the weekend or early next week. We will have to see if it will move in the northeasterly direction as currently predicted.

Hurricane Odalys continues its unusual forecast for its future path. In the 10 years or so that I have been checking on the forecasts, this is the 1st time I remember seeing a pattern like this. It is expected to decrease in strength over the weekend.  

 

Nolo Standing Still

Tropical Storm Nolo is now about 285 miles southerly of Ka Lae & at 5 am was stationary with maximum sustained winds at 60 mph. It is forecast to begin moving northerly later today & also strengthen, becoming a hurricane by tonight & a major hurricane by the weekend. Currently, tropical storm force winds extend out about 90 miles from the center. Aunty Jeanne is arriving from California in about 7 hours, if Nolo was going to affect her flight, she would have contacted me by now to let me know it had been cancelled. I have not heard anything about my flight on Friday, but I think it will not be affected since Nolo is not expected to be at its closest to us until early Saturday morning.  

The disturbance about 1000 miles east-southeasterly of us, that is mainly in the Eastern Pacific region, has been given only a 30% chance of becoming a tropical depression. It is also generally moving in a northeasterly direction so should not become a problem for us.

Hurricane Odalys continues to move away from us. Although slight strengthening is expected later today, the overall forecast is for it to become a tropical storm by the weekend.  

Fifteen-E Now Tropical Storm Nolo

In a few short hours, Tropical Depression Fifteen-E has now become Tropical Storm Nolo, which is about 310 miles southerly of Ka Lae (South Point). Now with maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph, Nolo is moving west-northwesterly at about 6 mph. A hurricane watch has been issued since we are now only about 48 hours away from tropical storm force winds landing on the island.  

Fifteen-E Returns

The Central Pacific Hurricane Center's 7-Day forecast map shows 2 areas of potential concern for us here in Hawaiʻi. As predicted earlier this week, Fifteen-E has regained strength & is now Tropical Depression Fifteen-E. It is about 320 miles south-south-easterly of Ka Lae (South Point) & moving west-northwesterly at about 6 mph. It has maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph. The leading edge of the storm system brought more rain yesterday & it will continue for a few days after Fifteen-E passes by. A sharp turn towards the north is expected tomorrow as well as strengthening to hurricane-force by the weekend. Stay tuned!

Hurricane Odalys is not in the Central Pacific region & will likely never get here. It is showing an unusual track, heading east-northeasterly towards Baja California at about 8 mph. It is anticipated to continue towards the northeast & become weaker by the weekend.