Gusty Winds Expected Today for Big Island

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Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)

Small Craft Advisory: Through Wednesday at 4 p.m. for east to northeast winds around 25 knots.

High Surf Advisory: South facing shores of all islands through 4 p.m. Wednesday.

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**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Big Island high/low forecasted temperatures, projected winds, chance of cloud cover, projected localized weather conditions, vog/SO2 forecast and expected wave heights.**

Looking Ahead

Gusty winds are expected to continue through Tuesday. Wednesday into the second half of the week they’ll drop off a bit. Relatively stable conditions are forecast with showers favoring our usual windward and mauka spots.

Today 

We expect east winds around 10 to 20 mph. High temperatures are forecast from 82° to 87°. Partly cloudy skies with scattered windward showers today. Isolated afternoon showers for the Kona side, mainly upslope. Partly sunny skies in the morning. Hazy skies as well.

UV index at 12 (“extreme” exposure level)

Tonight 

East winds are forecast around 10 to 20 mph. Partly cloudy skies with scattered windward showers and clearing leeward skies. Low temperatures from 70° to 75°.

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