There has been a surprising amount of interest in Central Pacific tropical cyclone names recently, due entirely to Hurricane Walaka.
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Walaka: Camera 1, Camera 2
Hurricane Walaka is located just east of 170°W. It’s still located closer to NOAA’s old GOES-West satellite than to JMA’s Himawari, but the newer satellite has the better resolution to make up for the distance.
Reaching the End of the List
Tropical cyclones that form in the Central Pacific are named using four rotating lists of Hawaiian names. We may soon use the last name from the fourth list. What makes that notable is that it has never happened before.