8AM Olivia Update
At 800 PM HST (0600 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Olivia was
located near latitude 20.8 North, longitude 154.4 West. Olivia’s
forward speed has slowed once again, and it is moving toward the
southwest near 8 mph (13 km/h). A general west-southwest motion and
a gradual increase in forward speed is expected overnight as the
center of Olivia approaches Maui and the Big Island. After Olivia
moves past the islands, a somewhat faster west-southwest motion is
expected to resume and continue for the next couple of days.
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher
gusts. Gradual weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours, but
Olivia is expected to remain a tropical storm as it moves over the
main Hawaiian Islands.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km),
mainly to the north of the center.
