Tropical Storm Douglas has formed in the Eastern Pacific Hurricane basin, the fourth named storm of what has been and is expected to be a very busy hurricane season. The storm is located about 1,175 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California and while it will inch closer to Hawaii in the coming days, it is not expected to be any kind of threat to the Big Island of Hawaii or any of islands of aloha.
In the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, Douglas was located at 17.4 N and 127.1 W and was moving to the north slowly at 6 mph. Maximum sustained winds are at 40 mph while minimum central pressure is down to 1003 mb or 29.62″.
Newly formed Tropical Storm Douglas is forecast by the National Hurricane Center to dissipate over open waters of the Pacific half way between Hawaii and California in about 36-72 hours. https://t.co/F37yv8W8C9
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The National Hurricane Center says Douglas is expected to make a gradual turn to the northwest later tonight through the end of the week. As it moves north and northwest, little change in strength is expected today. A weakening trend is forecast by the National Hurricane Center beginning tonight into Friday, and Douglas is expected to become a post-tropical cyclone on Friday.
By early next week the system is expected to completely dissolve between Hawaii and California. However, some remnant moisture from the system could make its way to Hawaii in about a week or more.
Beyond Douglas, the National Hurricane Center says tropical cyclone formation elsewhere in the basin isn’t expected at all over the next 7 days.
The 2026 Hurricane Season in the Central Pacific, Eastern Pacific, and Atlantic hurricane basins ends on November 30.
