AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Invest 93C takes aim at Hawaii with waves up to 20 feet expected later this week
A tropical system brewing hundreds of miles east-southeast of Hawaii is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression or tropical storm within days, and forecasters warn it could send 16-to-20-foot waves crashing into the islands by late week. The National Hurricane Center has designated the cluster of disorganized thunderstorms as Invest 93C, a classification that […] The post Invest 93C takes aim at Hawaii with waves up to 20 feet expected later this week appeared first on American Almanac .
A tropical system brewing hundreds of miles east-southeast of Hawaii is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression or tropical storm within days, and forecasters warn it could send 16-to-20-foot waves crashing into the islands by late week. The National Hurricane Center has designated the cluster of disorganized thunderstorms as Invest 93C, a classification that puts the system under formal investigation for tropical development. The NHC gives 93C medium odds of forming over the next two days and a high chance of development within the next week, a timeline that places the Hawaiian Islands squarely in the path of potential impacts before the weekend. The system is currently nearly stationary, sitting in the Central Pacific basin…Open