NOTE: This video story was published before Tropical Depression Fifteen-E became Tropical Storm Nolo, and before the Hurricane Watch was issued for Hawaiʻi County.
(BIVN) – Hawaii island is monitoring two developing situations this Wednesday, both with uncertain forecasts.
There is a potential tropical cyclone developing to the southeast of Hawaii that could eventually impact the Big Island as a major hurricane this weekend. More on that in a minute.
Meanwhile, lava is once again erupting at the summit of Kilauea volcano.
Precursory overflows from the north vent resumed last night. The moment the lava spilled out of the spatter cone inside the caldera was captured on by live webcams as it happened.
Each overflow lasted about 30 minutes and produced lava flows that traveled a few hundred meters, or yards, from the vent. From this angle, lava could be seen emerging from two locations on the north vent cone.
Between each overflow, the vents returned to spattering and flames.
Over the past 24 hours, continuous tremor remains the dominant seismic signal across the summit.
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports no anomalous seismic activity or deformation has occurred outside of the summit region.
There was no reported activity at the new vents on the floor the crater, as of Wednesday morning.
It is currently unknown where this activity is headed. The geologists say forecast windows for lava fountains can no longer be modeled due to the irregular deformation.
Deflation resumed early this morning, recording a loss of 0.3 microradians after the onset of overflows.
It is not possible to say with certainty that this activity will lead to the onset of another fountain event at this time. There could also be lava reactivation at the new vents, or lava could emerge from another existing weak crack system in the summit region.
For now, the Volcano Alert Level has been mainatined at WATCH, and the Aviation Color Code is at ORANGE.
Back to the developing storm. Tropical Depression Fifteen-E will eventually be know as Nolo, once it becomes a tropical cyclone. The Hawaii governor is planning to hold a press conference on the storm forecast and statewide preparations later this morning. We will have more following the press-event.
