while a new low pressure area trails hundreds of miles to the east and System 92E behind it.
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Hurricane Henriette is starting to weaken as it moves into the Central Pacific, where hurricane trackers in Honolulu will take over the forecasting and monitoring of the storm from the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Henriette continues on a track to pass south of Hawaii early next week.
National Hurricane Center forecasters area tracking two other storm systems behind Henriette that could intensify in the next two to five days.
What’s left of former Tropical Storm Gil and Hurricane Henriette might bring muggy weather, stronger tradewinds and an increased chance of windward showers to the islands this weekend.
The forecast for Honolulu calls for an increased chance of rain today through Sunday night.
At 5 p.m. Thursday, Henriette was a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph, down from 105 mph earlier in the day. Tropical storm-force winds extend 75 miles from the center. Henriette was 980 miles east of Hilo, heading west at 12 mph. The storm is forecast to take a turn to the west-southwest.
"Henriette appears to have peaked in intensity as the eye is no longer apparent," the National Hurricane Center said. "The cyclone should continue to gradually weaken through the forecast period as it moves over cooler waters during the next couple of days and then encounters an increase in southwesterly shear and a drier and more stable air mass."