Hurricane Guillermo has become the fourth hurricane of the East Pacific hurricane season. However, it is not expected, and highly unlikely, the hurricane will become the second major hurricane of the East Pac season.
Hurricane Guillermo has it’s heaviest convection located in the southern quadrant of the storm. As the poorly-defined eye of the hurricane is on the northern side of this convection, the hurricane is very poorly stacked and will help prevent the system from getting much stronger. Guillermo has very little time for peak intensity as the system is expected to enter cooloer waters after about 24 hours.
Currently, the National Hurricane Center is forecasting Guillermo to pass well to the north of the Hawaiian Islands as a weak tropical system, if not a remnant low. However, wave action generated from Guillermo is already affecting the Hawaiian Islands and is expected to gradually increase over the next several days.
Personal Hurricane Center.com is working diligently to add the ability to import central Pacific hurricane data, especially for systems such as Guillermo and Hurricane Felicia. Please stay tuned for that.
