Robert Ballard, who is the science and operations officer at the National Weather Service in Honolulu and Central Pacific Hurricane Center, joined us today for a livestream Q&A video to discuss Hurricane Douglas as it approaches the Hawaiian islands this weekend.

As of 5 p.m. today, Douglas was located about 240 miles east of Hilo and about 430 miles east-southeast of Honolulu with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph.

Watch the livestream video above.

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For the latest Hurricane Douglas updates, go to 808ne.ws/hurricaneseason.