July 13, 2018 Weather Forecast

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**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Hawaii Island high/low forecasted temperatures, projected winds, projected localized weather conditions and expected wave heights.**

Looking Ahead

High pressure far north of Hawaii will drive moderate to fresh trade winds through the middle of next week. Showers carried by the trades will increase from later today and continue through Sunday, with the possibility of locally heavy downpours over windward sections this weekend. Drier weather is forecast to spread across the islands early next week, followed by the potential for another increase in rainfall over parts of the island chain around the middle of next week.

Hilo

This Afternoon: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 85. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers likely. The rain could be heavy at times. Cloudy, with a low around 69. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday: Frequent showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 85. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Kona

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. West southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Isolated showers before midnight. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Light and variable wind becoming east northeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Waimea

This Afternoon: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a northeast wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly before midnight. The rain could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Kohala

This Afternoon: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 70. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Occasional showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 59. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Cloudy, with a high near 69. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

South Point

This Afternoon: Isolated showers. Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Windy, with an east wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 80. Windy, with an east wind around 23 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Scattered showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Windy, with an east wind around 24 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Puna

This Afternoon: Occasional showers. Widespread haze. High near 82. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Occasional showers, with thunderstorms also possible after midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Widespread haze. Low around 66. Northeast wind around 9 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Saturday: Frequent showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Widespread haze. High near 82. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph becoming east northeast in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 3 and 4 inches possible.

Waikoloa

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 8 to 13 mph. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. East northeast wind around 8 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Increasing clouds, with a high near 85. North northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov