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Tropical Storm Lane (1978)

Lane came within 497 km of Hawaii, passing to the south as a tropical depression on 23 August 1978. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
45 kt (52 mph)
Closest pass
497 km (309 mi) from Hawaii
When
23 August 1978
Distance from Honolulu
784 km (487 mi)
Lifetime
5 days 19 August 1978 – 24 August 1978
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south

The closest pass

At its closest, Lane was 497 km (309 mi) from Hawaii on 23 August 1978, as a tropical depression with 30 kt (35 mph) winds, approaching from the south.

The forecasts

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.

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