Hurricane Kiko found a second wind Friday afternoon and reintensified into a major Category 4 storm as the storm swirled about 1,200 miles east of Hawaii – though its long-range prospects are still for it to weaken considerably before the cyclone would get close to land.

Still, forecasters and residents are keeping a keen eye on how the storm will play out for Hawaii.

Hurricane Kiko Stats

Kiko's peak winds jumped back to 130 mph Friday afternoon after dipping to a 115 mph, Category 3 storm Friday morning. But while the islands are in the five-day forecast cone, meteorologists said that Kiko will be a completely different storm by the time it approaches Hawaii early next week as the storm will commence a significant weakening process over the weekend.

Several factors, including co

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