official data
Watches land for Kauai as Category 4 Lowell turns north
Central Pacific forecasters just issued the first watches for Kauai County and a stretch of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument while Category 4 Hurricane Lowell still sits hundreds of miles south-southwest of Hawaii and crawls west-northwest.
Key facts
- Advisory
- 40 · EP122026 · 500 PM HST Sat Sep 5 (0300 UTC Sep 6)
- Center
- 13.7N, 163.4W · ~630 mi SSW Lihue
- Winds / pressure
- 130 mph (Cat 4) · 942 mb
- Motion
- WNW 300° / 5 mph
- NEW watches
- TS Watch Kauai County (Kauai + Niihau); Hurricane Watch Nihoa to French Frigate Shoals
- Rain (product)
- Kauai 4-8 in (locally >12); Big Island 2-6 (locally 10)
- Live
- See live NHC HUD — do not freeze Adv 40 as current
Note
Primary: NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center / NHC Miami — Hurricane Lowell Advisory Number 40 and Discussion 40.
What it is not: a Hawaii main-island landfall call; inventing surge/rain beyond product ranges; a duplicate of Adv 35/36/38/39; SWPC; ECDO proof; a frozen live gauge after 0300 UTC.
Why it matters
Material step from Adv 39: Kauai Tropical Storm Watch and Monument Hurricane Watch are issued. Center still forecast west of the main islands — not a landfall call.
Sources
Official data. Live values go to the HUD / source product.