Central & Eastern Pacific Thread
Already at the "F" named storm and we didn't even make a thread. We have not seen anything crazy at this point, but it's not exactly been quiet either. Felicia is intensifying and expected to become a hurricane by tomorrow. No threat to land. I am sure someone will want to post "bye" when it dissipates over cooler surface waters next week.
A devastating wildfire the night of August 8-9 (Tue night) destroyed the city of Lahaina on the west coast of Maui and has killed at least 36 folks. This is a result of a combination of plentiful vegetation (fuel) from a wet winter, it now being dry season, current D1 moderate drought/drier than normal ground due to recent below normal rainfall, low relative humidity, and unusually strong E to NE winds blowing from off the mountains resulting from the strong pressure gradient between major hurri
