By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist
August 08, 2014; 9:08 AM
The threat on Hawaii from the tropics will not end with Iselle as Hurricane Julio continues to head to the west-northwest across the Pacific into the upcoming weekend.
Julio is located about 950 miles to the east of Iselle and is forecast by AccuWeather.com meteorologists to take a path just north of Hawaii sometime on Sunday.
According to AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski, "Julio will be passing over cooler waters compared to Iselle and is forecast to weaken to a tropical storm late this week before nearing Hawaii waters."
The weakening will follow initial strengthening that took place at midweek. Julio strengthened into a category 3 hurricane Thursday evening, with top sustained winds of around 115 miles per hour. Based on the expected track and strength of Julio, impacts will be much less severe on the islands as a whole, when compared to Iselle. However, there will still be a period of rough seas, a few downpours and perhaps gusty squalls pushing westward across the islands as a plume of showers and thunderstorms is likely to extend south of the system.
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