Olaf is located 2600km west-southwest of the southern tip of the Mexican state of Baja California.
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Forecasters with the National Weather Service say Nora is expected to weaken further to a remnant low later today or tonight, with dissipation expected late Friday.
NOAA’s GOES-West satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Depression 19E at 8 a.m. EDT on October. 16 as it continued organizing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
If forecasts hold, 19-E will become Olaf, the next name on a list, selected for storms that form in the Eastern Pacific this year.
Olaf is expected to continue strengthening through the weekend as it moves over warm water and encounters little wind shear.
Tropical Storm Olaf reportedly had sustained winds up to 50 miles per hour on Saturday morning and was quickly moving to the west at 12 miles per hour.
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Though the system was declared dissipated Friday afternoon, moisture from the former tropical cyclone is still expected to impact windward areas of the Big Island through Saturday afternoon.
