WED 6 AUG 2014
Hurricane JULIO
JULIO STRENGTHENS INTO THE FIFTH HURRICANE OF THE 2014 EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC SEASON...
HURRICANE JULIO REMAINS THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THE TROPICAL EAST PACIFIC BASIN DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WHILE THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISELLE HAS MOVED WEST OF THE DISCUSSION AREA...
IMPACTS OF WINDS 20 TO 33 KT AND 12 FT SEAS OR GREATER STILL REMAIN ACROSS FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST WATERS FROM 16N TO 20N W OF 139W. ADDITIONALLY...
SEAS RANGING FROM 8 TO 12 FT REMAIN GENERALLY FROM 12N TO 14N W OF 136W. OTHERWISE...
HURRICANE JULIO WILL FOLLOW IN WAKE OF ISELLE AND IMPACT MUCH OF THE SAME AREA TRAVERSED BY ISELLE. JULIO WILL REMAIN ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF A SURFACE RIDGE ANCHORED BY 1027 MB HIGH CENTERED NEAR 35N140W AND MISS CATCHING A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NEAR 37N120W SW TO A BASE NEAR 26N129W.
MOSTLY DRY AIR AND STABLE CONDITIONS ACCOMPANY THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING PROVIDING FOR GENERALLY FAIR CONDITIONS N OF 20N BETWEEN 110W AND 135W. EAST OF 110W...
EASTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW PREVAILS ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF AN UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTERED OVER NW MEXICO NEAR 28N108W. ASIDE FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN MEXICO AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING...
A 1009 MB LOW CENTERED NEAR 13N103W REMAINS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE MONSOON TROUGH/ITCZ AXIS. GLOBAL MODELS INDICATE VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH THIS SYSTEM AS THE OFFICIAL GRIDDED FORECAST INDICATES BROAD SURFACE TROUGHING DRIFTING WESTWARD THROUGH FRIDAY.
Thanks to Forecaster HUFFMAN
Hawaii Braces for Hurricanes Iselle and Julio
Hawaii Threatened By Back-to-Back Tropical Cyclones: Iselle, Then Julio:
Tropical Storm Julio strengthened into a hurricane early Wednesday, chasing Hurricane Iselle toward the Hawaiian islands. The islands' emergency management agency said the rare threat of two major storms in such close proximity was "a call to prepare." Julio packed maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour as it became the fifth hurricane of the season.
It trailed shortly behind Iselle - a strong Category 2 hurricane - less than 900 miles from the island of Hilo early Wednesday. Iselle carried maximum sustained winds of around 100 miles per hour, along with bigger gusts. While Iselle is expected to weaken this week, It is reported that it could could still reach the Hawaiian Islands as a strong tropical storm or even a hurricane late Thursday. Hawaiians raced to stock up on supplies, with stores re-stocking shelves of bottled water, baby supplies and canned meat as soon as they emptied, according to The Associated Press.