Hurricane Felicia was the third strongest tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season , as well as the strongest storm Catastrophe to exist in the eastern Pacific at the time since Hurricane Daniel in 2006 .

Later that afternoon , Felicia featured a well-defined eye as its winds sharply rose Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to major hurricane-force Attack on the Saffir–Simpson scale .

Further strengthening ensued Coming_to_be , and Felicia peaked Process_end in intensity as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 145 mph ( 230 km/h ) and a barometric pressure of 935 mbar ( hPa ; 27.61 inHg ) .

Henceforth , Felicia slowly weakened Cause_change_of_strength for several days ; by August 8 it had been downgraded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe , once again becoming Becoming a tropical storm Catastrophe the next day .

On August 11 , Felicia weakened Cause_change_of_strength to tropical depression status , and soon degenerated Change into remnant low just prior to passing Motion_directional over the islands .

After weakening Cause_change_of_strength into a remnant low , Felicia continued to approach Arriving the Hawaiian Islands and on August 12 , the system produced Manufacturing copious amounts of rainfall across several islands .

In all , only minor impacts Influence were caused Causation by the remnants of Felicia .