The cone kept walking. The wind number went with it.
Tropical Storm Lowell, Advisory 54, 5 a.m. HST Wednesday: 60 mph, 460 miles north-northwest of Lihue, moving north-northwest at 13 mph. Pressure 985 mb. Tropical-storm-force winds still reach 255 miles. No coastal watches or warnings. The public advisory’s land-hazard block is one word: None. Gradual weakening. A turn northwest, then west, today into Thursday. Next complete advisory: 11 a.m. HST.
Last night this was 65 mph and 390 miles. Yesterday afternoon it was still a hurricane. The Saffir-Simpson clock is doing what a moving storm is supposed to do. 60 is still a tropical storm. 39–73 is the bin. 74 is the hurricane line it already lost.
NHC’s discussion is blunter about the leftover work: downed lines, floodwater, generators 20 feet from the house, chainsaws, heat. That is post-storm copy, not a coastal wind warning. “Hazards: none” means the cyclone is not forecast to hit land again. It does not mean Kauai has power.
What this means for you
If you are watching the map from the mainland, 460 miles and no warnings is the update. If you are on Kauai, the advisory is a marine fact. The outage is a county fact. If you were waiting for the surf caption to die, this package finally took it off the hazard list. Do not treat that as a beach all-clear until your local office says so.
Bottom line: 60 mph. 460 miles. Land hazards none. The storm is leaving. The lights are not back.
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