This GOES-West weather satellite loop from NOAA shows powerful Hurricane Kiko spinning about in the Central Pacific Ocean; it is expected to approach Hawaii during the early to middle part of next week. | Weatherboy Weather

Watch as the winds associated with an area of low pressure in the Pacific brings moisture to Hawaii in this NOAA weatherView animation that runs from approximately 3:30 pm today, March 1, to noon on March 2, 2017. According to the National Weather Service, a strong trough just west of Kauai is bringing very heavy rainfall to the islands. Moist and unstable conditions will produce thunderstorms with periodic heavy rainfall tonight and tomorrow. They system is expected to abate on Thursday, when a