At 5 p.m., the eye of Hurricane Darby was located near latitude 14.9 North, longitude 126.6 West.
Darby is moving toward the west near 17 mph (28 km/h) and this motion is expected to continue tonight with a gradual turn to the west-northwest beginning Tuesday.
Maximum sustained winds remain near 140 mph (220 km/h) with higher gusts. Darby is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Darby is likely to change little in strength during the next day or so, but rapid weakening is expected after that. Darby is a very compact hurricane. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 10 miles (20 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles (95 km). The estimated minimum central pressure is 954 mb (28.17 inches).