Hurricane Olivia To Enter Central Pacific In Next Few Hours

UPDATE: 11:30 a.m.

Hurricane Olivia maintained its Category 1 strength this morning as it nears the Central Pacific on a track that will have it threatening the islands as a tropical storm by midweek.

At 11 a.m., the storm had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and was moving west at 15 mph, about 1,025 miles east of Hilo and 1,190 miles east of Honolulu, according to the National Weather Service in Miami. Hurricane-force winds extend out 30 miles from Olivia’s center while tropical storm-force winds extend up to 115 miles

Olivia is expected to enter the Central Pacific in the next few hours and some gradual weakening is forecast during the next 72 hours, forecasters said.

Olivia is forecast to be approaching Hawaii as a tropical storm on Tuesday.

In the latest five-day forecast, the entire state is now under the “cone of uncertainty” for Wednesday.