Hawaii Extended Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 831 AM EDT Wed Aug 22 2018 Valid 00Z Thu Aug 23 2018 - 00Z Thu Aug 30 2018 ...Hurricane Lane is expected to be closest to the main Hawaiian islands Thursday and Friday with possible significant impacts... ...Windy and unsettled weather continues into the weekend and early next week... Hurricane Lane now at category-5 intensity continues to edge closer toward Hawaii from the southeast. The GFS has been forecasting a hard right turn toward the main island chain through a weakness in the high pressure ridge to the north, and has been forecasting a track farthest to the right compared with other model solutions. The ECMWF has finally ended its eastward adjustment to Lane's forecast track, bringing the eye of the hurricane to the west and southwest of the main Hawaiian islands. The latest GFS takes Lane slightly to the west of the previous forecast tracks, which is similar to the official forecast track from the CPHC. Lane is forecast to weaken as it approaches Hawaii but unsettled weather is expected to continue into the weekend and early next week as another disturbance in the wake of Lane could acquire some tropical characteristics while the circulation of Lane is forecast to resume a general westerly track. The GFS has begun to introduce the idea of a binary interaction between these two circulations, lending new uncertainties to the future track of Lane for this weekend into early next week. Kong