HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Forecasters are watching Hurricane Darby as it heads toward the central Pacific Ocean.
As of Monday evening, Darby was a powerful Category 4 hurricane about 1,220 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, Mexico.
It was moving west at nearly 17 mph and had maximum sustained winds near 140 mph.
Forecasters are watching Hurricane Darby as it heads toward the central Pacific Ocean. (National Hurricane Center)
Darby is also a very compact storm. Hurricane-force winds extended outward to within 10 miles of the center. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 60 miles.
Forecasters say Darby is expected to maintain strength over the next day but then begin to weaken.
The National Hurricane Center’s current forecast says Darby will move into the central Pacific on Thursday as a weak tropical storm with continued weakening into a tropical depression by Saturday.
In this forecast scenario, increased tropical moisture could lead to heavy rain over the weekend. But forecasters stress it is still too early to say for sure what impact – if any – Darby will have on the islands.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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