AccuWeather forecasters expect a tropical storm to be officially named in the coming days before it barrels into Hawaii with winds of up to 100 mph.
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00:00We're going to be watching the Pacific here over the next couple of days. We do have Hurricane
00:03Gilma right now, but it's going to be this area right here of low pressure that we watch
00:07specifically as it makes its way towards Hawaii. It does look like it will strengthen to a tropical
00:12rainstorm, eventually a tropical storm as it makes landfall in Hawaii here as we head into
00:17early parts of next week. The latest projections, we could see some moderate risk for rough surf and
00:24flash flooding there, especially across the Big Island right there in Hawaii. But in addition to
00:28that, here's the updated wind gust forecast. The winds will really start to pick up late Saturday
00:33into early Sunday and our AccuWeather local storm max as far as wind gusts will be in excess of 90
00:40up to 100 miles an hour. So we will see some very dangerous conditions here for Hawaii as we head
00:45into early parts of next week. So we will be tracking that and we'll be watching the tropics
00:50here as we head throughout the weekend.