Hurricane Nolo crossed the International Date Line on Sunday, at which point it was renamed Typhoon Nolo, reflecting the geographic naming convention that distinguishes hurricanes in the central and eastern Pacific from typhoons in the western Pacific.

The storm, which previously held Category 3 hurricane strength with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h), is currently located about 395 miles (640 km) west-southwest of Lisianski Island and is moving west at 17 mph (28 km/h). The U.S. National Hurricane Center reports that the storm underwent rapid strengthening on Saturday, reaching Category 3 status before the name change occurred. Tropical cyclones with winds over 74 mph (119 km/h) receive different names depending on where they form in the world. They are called hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the central and eastern Pacific, while the Northwest Pacific uses the term typhoon. The South Pacific and Indian Ocean use the generic term tropical cyclone regardless of strength.

Typhoon Nolo is expected to continue moving west across the Pacific and is not forecast to threaten any land through Friday. The storm previously passed near Hawaii as a hurricane about a week ago, temporarily weakened to a tropical storm, then regained hurricane strength on Friday.

By Monday morning Japan time, Typhoon Nolo had maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (162 km/h) and was moving west at 19 mph (30 km/h), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. John Cangialosi, a senior hurricane specialist with the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, said the storm is over a large, vast ocean and is not near any land despite its strength.

At 23:00 Hawaiian time on October 3, the National Hurricane Center located the storm 390 km southwest of Lisianski Island, with winds reaching 175 km/h. The cyclone continued west at 30 km/h, centered about 655 km west-southwest of Maro Reef, with a minimum central pressure of 963 hPa. Hurricane-force winds extended 55 km from the center, while tropical-storm-force winds reached 240 km outward.

Forecasters expected Nolo to cross 180 degrees longitude on October 4, entering the western North Pacific as a typhoon. The storm was projected to reach 195 km/h near 24.0 degrees north and 179.2 degrees west at 18:00 UTC on October 4, then shift west of 180 degrees near 24.8 degrees north and 177.6 degrees east by 06:00 UTC on October 5, with peak winds near 215 km/h by 18:00 UTC that day. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect, though large swells affected Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, and surf was expected to reach low-lying atolls from Maro Reef to Lisianski Island.

The transition from hurricane to typhoon reflects a naming convention based on location rather than a change in the storm itself. A tropical cyclone with winds of at least 119 km/h is called a hurricane in the central North Pacific and a typhoon in the western North Pacific. Nolo retained its name after crossing the basin boundary, though advisory responsibility shifted from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center and National Hurricane Center to the Japan Meteorological Agency's Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in Tokyo. Wind estimates may differ between agencies due to different averaging periods.

Crossings of the Date Line by tropical cyclones at storm strength occur infrequently. Records from 1949 through 2025 show 27 such crossings at tropical-storm strength or higher, with 12 occurring at hurricane strength. If Nolo crossed with sustained winds of at least 119 km/h, it would become the 28th crossover and the 13th at hurricane strength. Previous notable cases included Della in 1957, Patsy in 1959, and more recently Genevieve in 2014 and Kilo in 2015.

Satellite imagery revealed that Nolo's inner core was reorganizing during an eyewall replacement cycle. The small eye observed earlier had largely decayed, replaced by a broader ring of convection, and microwave data at 05:49 UTC on October 4 showed the outer eyewall consolidating after the inner eyewall disappeared. Forecasters anticipated renewed strengthening if the cycle completed cleanly, as the storm moved over sea-surface temperatures of 28 to 29 degrees Celsius with minimal wind shear. However, substantial weakening was expected between October 6 and 7 as northeasterly wind shear increased and dry mid-level air entered the core, influenced by an upper-level pattern associated with recurving Typhoon Choi-Wan.

Nolo formed as a tropical depression on September 13 off the coast of Mexico but dissipated two days later. Resurrected as a "zombie storm," it was named as Tropical Storm Nolo on September 23. Nolo went on to pass south of Hawaii, causing flooding from as much as 17.25 inches of rain and knocking out power to parts of the island state. Nolo then strengthened to a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale on September 28. As of Monday, it is equivalent to a Category 3 storm, moving westward in the western Pacific Ocean. A north-then-northeast turn is anticipated on Friday and this weekend. This track will mean Nolo is no significant threat to land, and it will pass well east of Japan.

Meanwhile, Hurricane Rachel continues moving westward on a path away from Mexico, generating dangerous waves and swells along the coasts of west-central Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula.

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