Hurricane Lowell bears DOWN on Hawaii

H. WORKING NIGHTS. DELILAH IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD. ♪. JON: THE STATE OF HAWAII IS. UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS. RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS BRACE FOR. HEAVY FLOODS AND DAMAGING WINDS. FROM HURRICANE LOWELL. THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND. ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. CATCHTURED THE EYE OF --. CAPTURED THE EYE OF THE CATEGORY. FOUR STORM AS IT TRAVELED ACROSS. THE PACIFIC OCEAN. STORM SPECIALIST MIKE SEIDELL IS. LIVE ON THE ISLAND OF CUE WAY. WITH THE LATEST.

MIKE -- KAUA'I. >> Reporter: AS YOU CAN SEE, JON, IT'S PARADISE HERE. THE SUN IS OUT AND THE WIND IS. RUNNING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN. HOUR, SO THERE'S A NICE BREEZE. WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 80. LOOKING BEHIND ME, YOU CAN SEE. THE ANGRY SURF, AND IT'S GOING. TO GET ANGRIER IN THE NEXT 24-48. HOURS BECAUSE HURRICANE LOWELL. IS GOING TO MAKE A QUICK TURN. HERE IS THE CURRENT SATELLITE. PRESENTATION. IT'S STILL HUNDREDS OF MILES. AWAY, AND IT'S MOVING WEST AT 7. WINDS NOW 150 MILES ANAN HOUR, O. IT'S A HIGH-END CAT FOUR.

HURRICANE, NOT EXPECTED TO. BECOME A CAT FIVE AGAIN LIKE. YESTERDAY. THAT'S REALLY NOT THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS WIND -- WHEN DOES. IT MAKE ITS TURN. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER UPTURN AT. FIVE, BUT IT'S GOING TO MAKE A. RIGHT TURN STARTING TONIGHT AND. SUNDAY, AND WHEN IT DOES, IT. COMES NORTH. AND THAT BRINGS IT CLOSER TO. HERE IN KAUA'I AND WAHOO --. OAHU. WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT IT'S NOT. GOING TO TAKE A DIRECT HIT.

STILL A MAJOR HURRICANE AT A. CATEGORY THREE, BUT AT THAT. POINT ABOUT 200 MILES TO THE. EAST TO OF THE HURRICANE, LOWELL, WE'LL HAVE STRONG, GUSTY. WINDS. MAY HAVE SOME MINOR WIND DAMAGE. PLENTY OF RAINFALL ESPECIALLY ON. THOSE WINDWARD SLOPES AND THE. MOUNTAINTOPS HERE AND OVER ON. THE BIG ISLAND WE COULD SEE 10. PLUS INCHES OF RAIN. HERE AT THE BEACHES, 4-6 INCHES. OF RAIN AND THE SURF IS GOING TO. BE AMAZING. I THINK THAT WILL PROBABLY BE. THE VISUAL FROM THIS STORM. AND UNLIKE WHAT WE SAW WITH LALA.

LAST MONTH ON THE BIG ISLAND, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE NEARLY. THE AMOUNT OF WIND OR WIND. DAMAGE THAT WE HAD THERE AS THAT. HURRICANE WAS MUCH, MUCH CLOSER. BUT, JON, WISH YOU COULD BE HERE. TODAY. THE AZURE BLUE WATERS AND WATER. TEMPERATURE IN THE LOW 80s, NICE BREEZE, PUFFY COUP. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE SOME OF US. GET PAID TO DO THIS. [LAUGHTER]. JON, WE'LL BE LIVE ON FOX. WEATHER AND FOX NEWS THROUGHOUT. THE STORM, AND WE'LL BE ON ALL.

NIGHT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY TO. BRING YOU THE BEST PICTURES AND. THE WORST CONDITIONS HERE ON FOX. WEATHER. BACK TO YOU. JON: WAIT UNTIL THOSE WORST. CONDITIONS ROLOLL IN, YOUR BEACH. VACATION IS GOING TO TAKE A TURN. FOR THE WORSE. A SECOND STORM TO HIT HAWAII. THIS SUMMER. >> Reporter: YES. TWO. NOW, A LOT OF FOLKS HERE. REMEMBER BACK IN 1992, THAT'S. THE BELLWETHER. ONE OF TWO HURRICANES TO MAKE. LANDFALL, THAT WAS A CAT FOUR. THAT HIT HERE IN KAUA'I. AND ANYBODY OVER 45 OR 50 YEARS.

OLD REMEMBERS HOW BAD IT WAS. FORCHOW NIGHTLY -- FORTUNATELY, THIS WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT. GOES BY AND WILL NOT BE A DIRECT. HIT. BUT THEY WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS. COME LATER MONONDAY AND TUESDAY. THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE SUPER. EL NIÑO, THE PACIFIC WATERS ARE. EXTREMELY WARM. THE WIND SHEER IS LIGHT, AND. THAT IS CUTTING -- THAT IS. INCREASING THE RISK OF ACTIVITY. MEANWHILE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN, WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS THE CLIMB. TO LOGICAL PEAK OF THE HURRICANE. SEASON NEXT WEEK, WE DON'T EVEN.

HAVE A STORM OR DEPRESSION OR. DISTURBANCE ON THE MAP AT THIS. POINT, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. BUT IT SHOWS YOU WHAT HAPPENS. WHEN YOU HAVE WIND SHEER AND DRY. AIR IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. WE'VE HAD THOSE THREE TROPICAL. SYSTEMS IN THE GULF, MOSTLY THE. IMPACTS HAVE BEEN JUST. RAINMAKERS. FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE CAN GET. THROUGH THE REST OF THE SEASON. IN THE ATLANTIC WITH NO IMPACTS. JON: YEAH. THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH AND. EASTERN COASTS ARE HOPING YOU'RE. RIGHT AB.