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08-31-2016, 12:05 AM
Two hurricanes on course for historic encounter with Big Island of Hawaii
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The Big Island of Hawaii is facing a serious threat from **t one but two powerful hurricanes, either of which could become the first such storm to make landfall there since records began in 1949.
If both storms — Hurricanes Madeline and Lester — were to make landfall on the Big Island, it would be even more astounding compared to the island's hurricane history. However, this scenario currently appears unlikely.
SEE ALSO: Florida hurricane threat reveals forecasting challenges in social media era (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/gulf-hurricane-threat-social-media-meteorology/)
On satellite images and computer model simulations, the two storms are forming what appears to be a giant grimace in the Central Pacific, with the Intertropical Convergence Zone as the mouth.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/hurricanes-madeline-lester-hawaii/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The Big Island of Hawaii is facing a serious threat from **t one but two powerful hurricanes, either of which could become the first such storm to make landfall there since records began in 1949.
If both storms — Hurricanes Madeline and Lester — were to make landfall on the Big Island, it would be even more astounding compared to the island's hurricane history. However, this scenario currently appears unlikely.
SEE ALSO: Florida hurricane threat reveals forecasting challenges in social media era (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/gulf-hurricane-threat-social-media-meteorology/)
On satellite images and computer model simulations, the two storms are forming what appears to be a giant grimace in the Central Pacific, with the Intertropical Convergence Zone as the mouth.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/hurricanes-madeline-lester-hawaii/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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