UPDATE: 6:20 p.m.

Tropical Storm Greg is maintaining its strength and track as it moves across the Central Pacific on an expected path well south of the islands.

As of 5 p.m., Greg was 1,200 miles east-southeast of Honolulu and 985 miles southeast of Hilo with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and higher gusts. Tropical storm-force winds are extending up to 35 miles from Greg’s center.

National Weather Service meteorologist Da’Vel Johnson said the closest approach to Hawaii for this storm is expected Wednesday night, but it is unlikely to alter conditions expected to include 10-15 mph breezes and gusts up to 20 mph.

Hawaii should see “hardly any impact at all from the storm itself,” Johnson said.

Hurricane Fernanda is chasing Greg but it is starting to weaken and expected to lose its punch before it enters the Central Pacific, according to the National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center.

As of 5 p.m. Fernanda was holding on to Category 3 status with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. But weakening is expected to continue during the next several days and the storm is forecast to be a remnant low by the time it moves into the Central Pacific.

11 a.m.

Tropical Storm Greg strengthened slightly this morning as it continued on a westward track in the Central Pacific that is expected to pass well south of the islands.

As of 11 a.m., Greg was located 1,275 miles east-southeast of Honolulu and 1,060 miles southeast of Hilo with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and higher gusts, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.

Moving west near 12 mph. Greg is forecast to continue on a westward track over the next few days with some slight strengthening.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles from Greg’s center.

Hurricane Fernanda maintained its Category 4 status while slowing slightly in forward speed.

Located 2,380 miles east-southeast of Hilo and 765 miles southwest of Baja California at 11 a.m., Fernanda was packing maximum sustained winds of 130 mph while moving westward at 7 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Weather officials forecast Fernanda to possibly continue strengthening today before starting to weaken tonight or early Tuesday. An increase in forward speed is also expected.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles from Fernanda’s center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles.

10 a.m.

One of two storms that formed in the East Pacific has crossed into the Central Pacific, however, neither is expected to threaten Hawaii.

Tropical Storm Greg — formerly Tropical Depression Eight-E — is expected to move along a similar track as Hurricane Dora but its effect on Hawaii’s weather is expected to be much less severe, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.

Located about 1,320 miles east-southeast of Honolulu and 1,110 east-southeast of Hilo as of 5 a.m. today, Greg reached tropical storm strength Sunday night and had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph this morning, weather officials said. Greg is moving westward at 13 mph and is expected to continue on the same track over the next few days.

Although some slight strengthening is possible for Greg over the next couple of days, the storm is not forecast to reach hurricane strength as it passes south of the islands.

Wind speeds will increase across Hawaii from Tuesday through Thursday with tradewinds of 15 to 25 mph expected, according to the National Weather Service.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles from Greg’s center.

Meanwhile, in the East Pacific, Hurricane Fernanda reached Category 4 status this morning.

As of 5 a.m., Fernanda was located about 2, 415 east-southeast of Hilo and 745 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

With maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, Fernanda could become stronger today but is start weakening starting tonight or Tuesday, forecasters said.

Fernanda was moving west at 8 mph and a general west-to-west-northwest movement is expected to continue with some possible acceleration in forward speed over the next few days.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles from Fernanda’s center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles.

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Two storms are churning in the East Pacific but neither is currently expected to become a threat to Hawaii.

Newly formed Tropical Depression Eight-E is expected to enter the Central Pacific Monday as a tropical storm. Sunday evening it was centered 1,235 miles east-southeast of Hilo with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was moving west-northwest at 14 mph.

“Slow strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days, and the depression could become a tropical storm tonight or on Monday,” forecasters said.

While the storm may grow in intensity over the next few days, it is supposed to start weakening by midweek as it continues a westward track hundreds of miles south of the Hawaiian islands.

Further off in the East Pacific, not far from Mexico, Tropical Storm Fernanda will also move west and is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane far from land.

“Rapid intensification is forecast over the next day or so, and Fernanda is now forecast to become a Category 4 hurricane by tomorrow,” the hurricane center said Sunday evening. “Gradual weakening is expected to begin thereafter.”

On Sunday evening, the storm was 695 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, and moving west-northwest at 9 mph.

By Friday, the hurricane center’s five-day forecast has it entering the Central Pacific as a weakening post-tropical remnant low, forecasters said.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu, meanwhile, said the islands will see moderate tradewinds through Monday.

The tradewinds will become breezy Tuesday through Thursday as high pressure builds to the distant north and Tropical Depression Eight-E moves by to the south, forecasters said.

High temperatures in Honolulu will be 89 degrees, while overnight lows will be in the high-70s.