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HPA sea turtle research program hosts students from Okinawa
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WAIMEA, Island of Hawaii—Four middle school students from Okinawa recently learned firsthand how students at Hawaii Preparatory Academy are helping a threatened species—the Hawaiian green turtle.
On August 9, HPA’s Sea Turtle Research Program hosted the Okinawan students for a day of turtle tagging at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel, in conjunction with the National Marine Fisheries Service. The Okinawan students were winners of an essay contest, “What Can You Do to Help the Environment?” sponsored by the Okinawa Times. Takashi Ishihara, a researcher with the Sea Turtle Association of Japan, accompanied the group from Okinawa along with a reporter and videographer from the Okinawa Times.
Yoshiji Kameshima, 13, Fukugen Junior High School; Momoka Kina, 13, Kitanaka Gusuku; Atsuki Maemitsumori, 14, Ishigaki Daini Junior High School; and Miho Sunagawa, 12, Ohama Junior High School assisted in tagging turtles and conducting turtle health assessments along with HPA Middle School students Bo Bleckel, Kimi Cantyne, Caylin Kojima, and Maiah Police. The group was directed by George Balazs, leader, Marine Turtle Research Program, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, and Marc Rice, director of the Sea Turtle Research Program at HPA.
“It was fun, but challenging because they don’t understand English and we don’t understand Japanese,” said Police. “It was fun teaching them how to hold the turtles. I used hand motions and they learned quickly.”
This was the first trip to Hawaii for the Okinawan students, who spoke through an interpreter.
“I enjoyed working with the turtles because it is something I can’t do back home,” said Kameshima. “This was something special,” added Kina.
The students conducted health assessments on 17 turtles. The Okinawan group later toured Kiholo and visited Hilo and Mauna Kea before traveling to Oahu.
Tropical Storm Guillermo forecast to weaken further
TROPICAL STORM GUILLERMO ADVISORY NUMBER 22
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI EP102009
500 AM HST MON AUG 17 2009
…GUILLERMO CONTINUES TO HEAD WEST-NORTHWEST AND WEAKEN…
AT 500 AM HST…1500 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUILLERMO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.5 NORTH…LONGITUDE 144.5 WEST OR ABOUT 695 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 860 MILES EAST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
GUILLERMO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. THE STORM WILL MAKE A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUILLERMO WILL CONTINUE WEAKENING OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB…29.53 INCHES.
…SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION…
LOCATION…21.5N 144.5W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…60 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT…WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 18 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1000 MB
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
TROPICAL STORM GUILLERMO DISCUSSION NUMBER 22
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI EP102009
500 AM HST MON AUG 17 2009TROPICAL STORM GUILLERMO CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. MOST OF THE COLDER CLOUD TOPS HAVE NOW BEEN SHEARED OFF AND THE DEEP CONVECTION HAS COMPLETELY DISSIPATED. THE LOW LEVEL CENTER IS NOW COMPLETELY EXPOSED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. GUILLERMO IS CLEARLY CONTINUING TO WEAKEN RATHER QUICKLY DUE TO STRONG WEST-SOUTHWEST SHEAR. RECENT MICROWAVE PASSES HAVE STILL SHOWN HEAVY RAIN WRAPPING AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF GUILLERMO SO THE SYSTEM STILL HAS SOME PUNCH LEFT. I PUT THE INITIAL INTENSITY AT 50 KT…A BIT LOWER THAN THE SUBJECTIVE DVORAK ANALYSES. THE DVORAK CONSTRAINTS MAY BE MAKING THE INTENSITY ESTIMATES A BIT TOO HIGH IN THIS RAPIDLY SHEARING SYSTEM.
NOW THAT THE LOW LEVEL CENTER IS COMPLETELY EXPOSED…WE HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE CENTER LOCATION. IT APPEARS THAT THE FORWARD SPEED HAS INCREASED AND THAT GUILLERMO HAS STARTED TO CURVE TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. I HAVE SHIFTED THE TRACK A BIT TO THE LEFT OF THE PREVIOUS TRACK. AS GUILLERMO CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND BECOME SHALLOWER THE TRACK IS LIKELY TO BE MORE STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY THE LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW.
GUILLERMO REMAINS OVER COOL…24.5 DEGREES CELSIUS…WATER AND STRONG…30 KT…WEST-NORTHWEST SHEAR. WITH SUCH AN UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT…GUILLERMO CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING RATHER RAPIDLY. GUILLERMO WILL MOVE OVER WARMER WATER AFTER ABOUT 36 HOURS…BUT IT MAY NOT MATTER SINCE THE SHEAR WILL BECOME EVEN STRONGER. ONCE GUILLERMO HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A SHALLOW LOW…WARMER WATER IS UNLIKELY TO BE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO REGENERATE.
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TRMM sees that Tropical Storm Andres has a good circulation
By Steve Lang, SSAI / Goddard Space Flight Center
The East Pacific hurricane season officially began on May 15 and runs through November 30. This year Tropical Storm Andres became the first named storm of the season after forming about 180 miles off of the southwestern coast of Mexico on the evening (local time) of June 21. Less than a week earlier, the first Tropical Depression 1E (TD #1E) of the season formed farther to the north before dissipating near the Mexican coast in the vicinity of Mazatlan. Andres originated from the 2nd depression of the season (TD #2E), which formed on the afternoon of June 21. After becoming a tropical storm, Andres has moved generally northward towards the Mexican coast.
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite (known as TRMM) was placed into service in November of 1997. From its low-earth orbit, TRMM has been providing valuable images and information on tropical cyclones around the Tropics using a combination of passive microwave and active radar sensors, including the first precipitation radar in space. TRMM captured this image of Andres as it was moving northward towards the southwestern coast of Mexico. The image was taken at 10:36 UTC (3:36 am PDT) June 22, 2009 and shows the horizontal distribution of rain intensity within the storm. Rain rates in the center swath are from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), and rain rates in the outer swath are from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). The rain rates are overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS).
TRMM reveals that Andres does not have a well-defined eye but does have a fairly broad circulation as evidenced by the curvature in the rain bands. TRMM also shows that most of the rain is south and west of the center. The green and blue areas indicate moderate to light intensity rain, respectively. At the time of this image, Andres was a moderate tropical storm with sustained winds estimated at 45 knots (~50 mph) by the National Hurricane Center. Andres is expected to turn to the northwest parallel to the coast and to slowly intensify possibly into the first hurricane of the season.
TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA.