This year Iona became the first storm in the Central Pacific Ocean

The forecastist said that a tropical storm in the Central Pacific Ocean strengthened the storm ion rapidly on Monday. The storm did not pose an immediate threat to the aerial islands.

At the beginning of Monday morning in Hawaii, according to the National Storm Center located in Iona Miami, was located about 895 miles in the south -east of Honolulu.

Map shows the approximate path of storm ion

Iona was expected to move west for the next few days, the forecasts said with the storm center.

“The confidence is more that Iona will remain well south of the Hawaiian Islands,” the forecasts said.

Hurricane was one Category 1 Storm And it is expected to be strong. Till Tuesday, the maximum continuous air speed of Iona was estimated to be at 2 strength.

Then the storm was expected to weaken gradually during the week.

Iona initially formed as tropical depression late on Saturday night, the forecast said. As depression gained strength, it turned into the first nominated storm in the Central Pacific Ocean this season.

Eastern Prashant has seen many designated storms so far this season. Last month, Eric Landfall was built in Mexico as a category 3 storm.

earlier this month, Flossy The Mexican coast skirts reached the strength of category 3, but did not eventually make a landfall. BarbaraThe first storm of this season in Eastern Pacific, reached the strength of category 1 on the coast of Mexico, and did not even make landfalls.

The Atlantic Ocean has seen tropical storms named three so far this year. The forecasts of Colorado State University hope that there will be a Atlantic season Above average With the storms named 16, eight of which are expected to be storms.