Former Hurricane Gilma weakened to a tropical storm over the Central Pacific Ocean east of Hawaii on Tuesday.\u00a0 At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday the center of Tropical Storm Gilma was located at latitude 18.5\u00b0N and longitude 142.1\u00b0W which put the center about 850 miles (1370 km) east of Hilo, Hawaii.\u00a0 Gilma was moving toward the west at 15 m.p.h. (24 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 65 m.p.h. (105 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 80 m.p.h. (130 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 996 mb.<\/p>\n
Former Hurricane Gilma ran into strong westerly winds associated with an upper level low west of California.\u00a0 Those winds effectively sheared the tops off of most of the thunderstorms in Gilma’s circulation.\u00a0 The strong vertical wind shear caused former Hurricane Gilma to weaken rapidly on Tuesday.\u00a0 For a time the circulation around Tropical Storm Gilma consisted primarily of bands of showers and lower clouds.\u00a0 New thunderstorms began to develop in bands in the eastern side of Gilma’s circulation on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The small size of the circulation around former Hurricane Gilma contributed to the rapid weakening that occurred when the wind shear increased.\u00a0 Winds to tropical storm force extended out 70 miles (110 km) from the center of Tropical Storm Gilma.<\/p>\n
Tropical Storm Gilma will move through an environment that will be unfavorable for intensification during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 Gilma will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperatures are near 25\u00b0C.\u00a0 The upper level low west of California will continue to produce westerly winds that will blow toward the top of Gilma’s circulation.\u00a0 Those winds will cause moderately strong vertical wind shear.\u00a0 Tropical Storm Gilma is likely to continue to weaken during the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n
Tropical Storm Gilma will move around the southern side of a subtropical high pressure system over the Eastern and Central North Pacific Ocean.\u00a0 The high pressure system will steer Gilma toward the west-northwest during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 On its anticipated track, Tropical Storm Gilma will move closer to Hawaii.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Hone continued to move farther from Hawaii and Tropical Storm Hector continued to move westward over the Eastern North Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n
At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday the center of Tropical Storm Hone was located at latitude 20.1\u00b0N and longitude 166.1\u00b0W which put the center about 450 miles (725 km) west-southwest of Lihue, Hawaii.\u00a0 Hone was moving toward the west-northwest at 12 m.p.h. (19 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 50 m.p.h. (80 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 65 m.p.h. (105 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1002 mb.<\/p>\n
At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday the center of Tropical Storm Hector was located at latitude 17.8\u00b0N and longitude 129.8\u00b0W which put the center about 1335 miles (2145 km) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.\u00a0 Hector was moving toward the west-northwest at 12 m.p.h. (19 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 50 m.p.h. (80 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 65 m.p.h. (105 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1002 mb.<\/p>\n
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