Now that Kilo, the sometimes-hurricane, sometimes-tropical storm and sometimes-tropical depression, seems destined to stay off Hawaii’s shores and just cause heavy rain, it’s apparently time for a new character to take the stage in this season’s Central Pacific parade of storms.

The Weather Channel reported Tuesday afternoon that Ignacio has developed into a tropical storm with likely hurricane status in its future as it churns in our general direction. According to the report:

• Ignacio is located about 1,530 miles east-southeast of Hilo.

• The storm is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane later this week as it moves in a west to eventually west-northwest direction.

• Ignacio is not a threat to land over the next few days, but if it remains organized, it’ll come close to Hawaii early next week.

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