Yet-to-be-named tropical storm expected to strike Hawaii this weekend

AccuWeather forecasters expect a tropical storm to be officially named in the coming days before it barrels into Hawaii with winds of up to 100 mph.

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00:00We're going to be watching the Pacific here over the next couple of days. We do have Hurricane

00:03Gilma right now, but it's going to be this area right here of low pressure that we watch

00:07specifically as it makes its way towards Hawaii. It does look like it will strengthen to a tropical

00:12rainstorm, eventually a tropical storm as it makes landfall in Hawaii here as we head into

00:17early parts of next week. The latest projections, we could see some moderate risk for rough surf and

00:24flash flooding there, especially across the Big Island right there in Hawaii. But in addition to

00:28that, here's the updated wind gust forecast. The winds will really start to pick up late Saturday

00:33into early Sunday and our AccuWeather local storm max as far as wind gusts will be in excess of 90

00:40up to 100 miles an hour. So we will see some very dangerous conditions here for Hawaii as we head

00:45into early parts of next week. So we will be tracking that and we'll be watching the tropics

00:50here as we head throughout the weekend.