Overview
- Fausto has been losing strength as it moves west and is forecast to be a weakening tropical storm when it passes north of the main Hawaiian Islands.
- Official guidance shows the storm remaining offshore with a low probability of direct tropical‑storm‑force winds for the islands.
- The primary impacts will be marine hazards on east‑facing shores including large swells, dangerous surf and strong rip currents with waves up to about 15 feet in spots.
- Environmental factors cited by the National Hurricane Center that should weaken Fausto are a drier mid‑level atmosphere, marginal sea surface temperatures and increasing vertical wind shear.
- Fausto is part of an active eastern Pacific season tied to a developing El Niño and will combine with other Pacific storms to boost swells affecting Hawaii and parts of the U.S. West Coast.