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What Systems I’m Currently Tracking

Hurricane Fernanda
On August 11, a broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave formed off the coast of southwestern Mexico. A well-defined center of circulation was observed within the disturbance on the afternoon of August 12, marking the formation of Tropical Depression Seven-E in the open ocean south-southwest of the Baja California peninsula. Later that same day, the steadily organizing system strengthened into Tropical Storm Fernanda. Into the next day, Fernanda followed a west-northwestward course, and was displaying signs that it was intensifying, including, very cold central dense overcast cloud tops of near -80 C, and a well defined upper-level outflow over the western half of its circulation. When a faint eye-like feature became visible on satellite imagery that afternoon, the NHC upgraded the system to a Category 1 hurricane. Thus began a period of rapid intensification, during which it became a major hurricane. By 15:00 UTC on August 14, Fernanda had intensified to Category 4 strength, with sustained winds of 115 kn, and was moving toward the west at 8 mph away from Baja California. Fernanda remained at that intensity for several hours, before falling to Category 3, while undergoing an apparent eyewall replacement cycle. The system continued to exhibit signs of weakening as the day progressed, and fell below major hurricane strength by day's end. The pace of structural degradation quickened on August 15, due to wind shear, cooling sea-surface temperatures, and low relative humidity levels. Fernanda became a tropical storm the following morning, and, by that evening, had become devoid of any convective activity. Consequently, Fernanda, now far to the west-southwest of Baja California, was declared a post-tropical cyclone at 15:00 UTC on August 17.

Tropical Storm Greg
On August 11, a broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave formed well to the east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. A few days later, shower and thunderstorm activity within the disturbance became better organized, and it developed a well-defined circulation. Consequently, Tropical Depression EightE formed at 03:00 UTC on August 14. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Greg six hours later. At the time, the storm was moving westward at 11 kn, and was about to enter the Central Pacific basin. The storm strengthened some on August 15, as an inner core developed and deep convection increased near its center, a result of diminished wind shear and continued warm water temperatures. The wind shear, though relatively light, proved disruptive nonetheless, displacing Greg's convection to the north of the center and causing it to pulsate. This ultimately led to the storm becoming increasingly disorganized late the following day.

Current storm information
As of 11:00 p.m. HST August 14 (09:00 UTC August 15), Tropical Storm Greg is located within 20 nautical miles of 12.1°N, -154.5°W, about 675 mi southeast of Honolulu, Hawaii, and about 525 mi southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. Maximum sustained winds are 40 kn, with gusts up to 50 kn. The minimum barometric pressure is 1004 mbar, and the system is moving west at 11 kn. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles (130 km) from the center.

For the latest official information, see:
 * The CPHC's latest public advisory on Tropical Storm Greg
 * The CPHC's latest forecast advisory on Tropical Storm Greg
 * The CPHC's latest forecast discussion on Tropical Storm Greg

Hurricane Hilary
On August 12, a tropical wave traversing Central America entered the far eastern Pacific, producing rain showers and thunderstorms. A broad area of low pressure developed within the wave on August 14, off the southern coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. The disturbance gradually became better organized during the following day, and when a well-defined circulation along with developing convective banding features were observed on the morning of August 16, it was classified as Tropical Storm Hilary.

Current storm information
As of 9:00 a.m. MDT (15:00 UTC) August 17, Hurricane Hilary is located within 20 nautical miles of 15.5°N, -107.8°W, about 365 mi south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico, and about 530 mi south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Maximum sustained winds are 75 kn, with gusts up to 90 kn. The minimum barometric pressure is 980 mbar, and the system is moving west-northwest at 12 kn. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km) from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 275 miles (445 km).

For the latest official information, see:
 * The NHC's latest public advisory on Hurricane Hilary
 * The NHC's latest forecast advisory on Hurricane Hilary
 * The NHC's latest forecast discussion on Hurricane Hilary