Hurricane Darby re-strengthened to a Category 3 on Wednesday but is still expected to weaken while moving westward over the Pacific.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Darby had winds of 115 mph Wednesday evening, down from peak winds of 140 mph Monday night.
The storm was centered 1,120 miles east of Hilo at 5 p.m. Wednesday and moving west-northwest at 16 mph. It is forecast to fade to a post-tropical depression before passing south of the Big Island over the weekend.
Darby was relatively small, with hurricane-force winds extending outward about 15 miles from the center.
As for weather on the ground in Hawaiʻi, the National Weather Service said breezy trade winds will continue through the weekend, with clouds and rain favoring windward and mauka zones.
Latest from @NWS on Hurricane #Darby: As of 5 p.m. it had re-strengthened to Cat. 3 with sustained winds of 115 mph. "Darby is forecast to weaken steadily and become a tropical storm in 24 to 36 hours, and a post-tropical/remnant low in 72 hours." https://t.co/63djN4ncqk pic.twitter.com/EyukWfX3IM
— Hawaii EMA (@Hawaii_EMA) July 14, 2022
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