hurricane hurricane final tropical cyclone pacific hurricane season developed october unusually large disturbance trough south hawaii moving northwestward slowly organized large size reaching hurricane status october intensified faster rate peaked winds mph later turned north north northeast weakened hostile conditions passing downgraded tropical storm center exposed deepest convection caused little impact island chain executing small loop resumed northward track dissipated october meteorological history origins hurricane surface trough persisted near equator central pacific_ocean middle october weak tropical disturbance evident trough october days later system began developing curved bands convection northern southern periphery created unusually large region following formation defined circulation estimated system developed tropical depression late october south hawaii developing tropical cyclone storm moving west northwestward influenced ridge north located area warm sea surface temperatures moderate wind shear favored gradual intensification convection diminished cycle day maintaining unusually large size depression slowly organized gradually separating trough developed october upgraded tropical storm shortly storm turned northwest day cyclone resembled structure monsoon depression typically found western pacific_ocean structure began resemble tropical cyclone convection diminished thunderstorms center increased following development banding eye feature intensified hurricane early october southwest honolulu hawaii east southeast reaching hurricane status began rapidly intensifying turned northward approaching upper level trough north anticyclone aloft provided favorable outflow contributed strengthening early october reached peak winds mph northeast based estimates satellite imagery dvorak technique afterward trough influenced hurricane track began restricting westerly outflow increasing wind shear caused steady weakening trend maintained major hurricane status category saffir simpson hurricane scale hours track turned north northeast weakening deterioration storm structure marked october thunderstorms failed persist center approaching weakened tropical storm status continued wind shear exposed circulation convection weakening slow occur october closest approach land passing forward motion slowed building ridge north causing storm execute small loop despite shear initially able continue developing thunderstorms cooler water temperatures resulted weakening storm resumed northward motion ridge east october weakened tropical depression circulation thunderstorms day dissipated center elongated ahead approaching cold preparations impact minimal tropical storm time anticipated hurricane tracked northwestward issued hurricane watch afternoon october following day hurricane watch replaced tropical storm watch longer forecast pass close island produce hurricane force winds later day hurricane watch issued areas following morning hurricane warning issued monument areas additionally tropical storm watch discontinued early october hurricane watch replaced tropical storm watch hours later discontinued watch early october weakened tropical storm hurricane warning areas replaced tropical storm warning tropical storm warning remained effect day canceled afternoon october hurricane turned northward seen threat officials requested personnel region evacuated days storm passed islands aircraft flown area evacuated people stationed vessel evacuated temporary residents hurricane caused relatively little damage structures undamaged small natural habitat islands affected substantially lost land area completely washed away storm damaged coral reefs region quickly subsequent years affect state hawaii producing high clouds region
Hurricane Neki