NHC Watches Invest 90E Near Hawaii as 80% Development Risk Follows Lala
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Updated · The Weather Channel · Aug 19
NHC Watches Invest 90E Near Hawaii as 80% Development Risk Follows Lala
3 articles · Updated · The Weather Channel · Aug 19
Summary
Invest 90E, a disorganized thunderstorm cluster southeast of Hawaii, is likely to become a tropical depression within a day or so as it moves west-northwest at 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday advisories are possible because the system is entering a more favorable environment, and some forecast models bring it close to the islands despite still-wide track uncertainty.
35 to 40 inches of rain from Hurricane Lala have already saturated parts of the Big Island, raising the risk that even a storm passing south could trigger fresh flooding, wind and rough surf.
Friday Hurricane Hunter flights are planned and could be moved up, while any eventual storm would likely be named Moke if it forms west of 140 degrees longitude.