Wet Trade Wind Weather Expected for Weekend

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

A Small Craft Advisory is posted for our usual channels and waters through 6 p.m. Sunday.

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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

Breezy trade winds should continue through the weekend with passing low clouds and showers affecting mainly windward and mauka areas. Some moisture could reach leeward spots from time to time. An upper level disturbance is forecast to move over the state this weekend, resulting in wet trade wind weather into early next week. Winds should also ease next week.

Today 

Mostly cloudy with windward showers likely in the morning and scattered showers in the afternoon. Hazy skies for the Kona side with isolated showers in the afternoon as cloud cover increases. High temperatures from 82° to 87°. Winds will be northeast around 15 to 25 mph, gusting to 35 mph.

UV index at 8 (“very high” exposure level)

Tonight 

Winds will be northeast around 15 to 25 mph. Mostly cloudy with numerous windward showers. Kona side should be clearing as the night goes on. Low temperatures from 69° to 74°.

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