Tropical cyclone likely to redevelop southeast of Hawaii

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The remnants of Tropical Depression Fifteen-E are increasingly likely to redevelop into a tropical cyclone.

“It’s not common, but it’s not unusual for something to weaken and then redevelop in a different basin or later in the same basin,” said National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist John Bravender.

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Fifteen-E fizzled out in the Eastern Pacific and was not named because it did not strengthen into a tropical storm.

Now, the remnants are southeast of Hawaii, with a 60% chance of forming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours and a 90% chance in the next seven days, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 2 p.m. HST update…

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