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Hurricane Hector Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI   EP102018
900 AM HST Wed Aug 08 2018

...HECTOR MOVING WEST TO THE SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND...
 
The eye of Hurricane Hector is being tracked by the South Hawaii
WSR-88D radar as the tropical cyclone moves westward to the south
of the Big Island.

U.S. Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft found a central
pressure of 959 mb at about 1800 UTC.
 
SUMMARY OF 900 AM HST...1900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.5N 154.8W
ABOUT 220 MI...355 KM S OF HILO HAWAII
ABOUT 390 MI...630 KM SSE OF HONOLULU HAWAII
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...959 MB...28.32 INCHES
 
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Forecaster Kodama
 
 
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