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Kiko was downgraded from a tropical storm to a remnant low this morning, as it continues on a path north of the Hawaiian Islands. The system was last located 110 miles N of Honolulu and was traveling W at 12 mph with 35 mph maximum sustained winds.

Showers are forecast to spread over Windward Big Island and Maui tonight and then transition to locally heavy interior showers over Molokaʻi through Kauaʻi tomorrow afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Locally breezy trades are expected to return Wednesday night.

Hurricane Kiko is now 635 miles E of Hilo and 835 miles ESE of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The system is on a weakening trend as it passes over cool waters, and dropped to a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph in the latest forecast.

Kiko has entered the Central Pacific basin as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, according to the latest forecast. The system was last located about 1,005 miles ESE of Hilo and 1,205 miles ESE of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Forecasters with NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center and Climate Prediction Center today said the outlook calls for 1 to 4 tropical cyclones across the central Pacific this season.

“While the National Weather Service expects Darby to weaken and pass to our south this weekend, the remains of the tropical system could still bring several inches of rain and locally strong winds to the Big Island and Maui by Saturday,” said Luke Meyers, administrator of HI-EMA.

Forecasters continue to monitor Hurricane Kiko in the Eastern Pacific. At 11 a.m. HST, the center of Hurricane Kiko was located about 1,000 miles WSW of the southern tip of Baja California.

For the season as a whole, 5 to 8 tropical cyclones are predicted for the Central Pacific Hurricane basin. This includes depressions, named storms & hurricanes.

Hurricane Season Update: On May 19, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center issued their 2010 season outlook which called for below normal activity in the central Pacific. During a typical season, 4 to 5 tropical cyclones form within or move into the central Pacific. Since the start of the hurricane season on June 1, no tropical […]