UPDATE: 11 p.m.

Hurricane Dora continued to move westward this evening.

Dora, located about 2,050 miles east of the Big Island, is moving west at 18 mph and this general motion is expected to continue during the next several days. Dora’s winds have decreased to near 130 mph with higher gusts.

Some weakening is forecast during the next day or so, but Dora is forecast to be near or at major hurricane intensity through much of the weekend.

5 p.m.

Hurricane Dora strengthened to once again become a Category 4 storm, though it is still not a threat to land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.

Dora is packing maximum sustained winds of 140 mph with higher gusts and was about 2,160 miles east of Hawaii at 5 p.m.

The storm is forecast to weaken in the next day, but will be at or near major hurricane intensity through the weekend.

Forecasters classify Dora as a small hurricane, with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 15 miles from its center and tropical-storm-force winds extending out up to 45 miles.

Noon

Hurricane Dora continued to weaken slightly this morning in the East Pacific and will not be a threat to land, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

Dora clocked in with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, a Category 3 storm, and was centered 2,220 miles east-southeast of Hilo at 11 a.m. today. Dora is moving west at 18 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue for the next few days.

Weather officials say Dora could possibly strengthen tonight, although it is still expected to weaken on Friday and Saturday.

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Hurricane Dora weakened slightly overnight in the East Pacific but will not be a threat to land, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

Still a Category 3 hurricane, Dora clocked in with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and was located 2,325 miles east-southeast of Hilo at 5 a.m. today. Dora is moving west at 18 mph, and this general motion at a similar forward speed is expected to continue for the next few days.

Dora remains a small tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds extending up to 15 miles from its center and tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 45 miles.

Dora has likely peaked in intensity and should continue weakening over the next few days, according to weather officials. More gradual weakening is expected thereafter as Dora passes over slightly cooler waters.

Forecasters said Dora will weaken back to a Category 1 storm by Sunday when it is expected to cross into the Central Pacific, still far from Hawaii.

Longer-range computer models show Dora passing hundreds of miles south of Hawaii late next week.