Hurricane Henriette is passing well to the north of Hawaii Monday after it underwent rapid intensification over the weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Henriette was downgraded from a tropical storm in the Eastern Pacific to a tropical depression, but restrengthened into a hurricane as it tracked away from Hawaii.

The storm will not have any direct impacts on land.

Tropical Storm Henriette formed on Monday, Aug. 4. Late Sunday morning, the NHC said Henriette rapidly intensified into a hurricane with 80 mph winds.

The NHC said Monday morning that additional strengthening is expected through the day before the storm begins to weaken on Tuesday.

According to the FOX Forecast Center, this was an unexpected turn of events for Henriette.

“This burst of rapid intens

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