Our peeps at KITV have this report Monday (Aug. 5) midday:

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday that they expect Tropical Storm Henriette to strengthen to a hurricane by Monday night or Tuesday. Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Gil strengthens a little.

At 11 a.m. Monday, Tropical Depression Gil was located about 1,130 miles east-southeast of Hilo and moving west-southwest at 9 miles per hour. Forecasters said this general motion should continue Monday and turn west by late Tuesday. It had maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour with higher gusts. Little change in strength is expected in the next day or so.

At the same time, Tropical Storm Henriette was located about 1,435 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California and moving west-northwest at 9 miles per hour. It had maximum sustained winds near 65 miles per hour with higher gusts and expected to strengthen in the next couple of days.

“It now looks like Gil will have no impact on Hawaii’s weather,” KITV4 chief meteorologist Justin Fujioka said. “Henriette is the bigger concern now and bears watching, but it is still way to early how or if it will affect us.”

If we see any impacts from Henriette, it should be late next weekend, according to Fujioka.

Photo: Tracking the progress of two storms. (KITV)

—Chad Blair