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Gwen came within 133 km of Kauai, passing to the north as a tropical depression on 18 August 1976. It had peaked far out at sea at 55 kt and was weakening as it neared the islands. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.
Replay the track, hour by hourAt its closest, Gwen was 133 km (83 mi) from Kauai on 18 August 1976, as a tropical depression with 25 kt (29 mph) winds, approaching from the north.
No machine-readable official forecast survives for this storm. The digital forecast archive for the eastern and central Pacific begins in 1988, so the replay runs on the observed track instead.