A remnant low associated with former tropical cyclone Hilda continues to generate showers and thunderstorms as it tracks south of the state, forecasters reported Friday.
A remnant low associated with former tropical cyclone Hilda continues to generate showers and thunderstorms as it tracks south of the state, forecasters reported Friday.
As of Friday afternoon, the weather system was located 435 miles south-southwest of Honolulu and traveling toward the west-southwest, the Central Pacific Hurricane Centers said. Forecasters do not anticipate redevelopment of Hilda thanks to strong upper-level winds.
A flash flood watch remains in effect for Hawaii Island until 6 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Honolulu.
“Abundant moisture from the remnants of Hilda will linger over the Big Island today and tonight,” forecasters said Friday morning. “An additional 2 to 4 inches of rain may fall in some areas. Limited clearing this morning is expected to yield to locally heavy showers and thunderstorms by this afternoon especially over interior slopes. This additional heavy rain today and tonight could produce excessive runoff rock and mudslides in steep terrain and overflowing streams. Fast-moving water may create life-threatening situations.”
Elsewhere in the Central Pacific basin, an areas spanning north of the equator from 140 west longitude to the international date line, no tropical cyclone formation is expected through Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile in the Eastern Pacific, National Hurricane Center forecasters are monitoring an area of low pressure centered about 550 miles south-southeast of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Shower activity associated with the disturbance has increased and environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for a tropical depression to form Saturday as it moves west-northwest around 10 to 15 mph.
Forecasters gave it an 80 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression within 48 hours.
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