March 17, 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

Expect a brief reprieve in the humidity as the trade winds make a return over the next couple of days. A band of showers will bring an uptick in trade showers tonight through Sunday. A front stalling west of Kauai by the middle of next week will bring back the southeast winds, which in turn, will raise the humidity level, and the possibility of some wet weather for the second half of the work week.

Hilo

Today: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Scattered showers, mainly after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Kona

Today: Isolated showers after 11am. Widespread haze. Increasing clouds, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Widespread haze before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Isolated showers after noon. Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Waimea

Today: Isolated showers before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming east northeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Breezy, with a northeast wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Kohala

Today: Scattered showers, mainly before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Light east wind becoming east northeast 9 to 14 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 16 to 21 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. East wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

South Point

Today: Widespread haze after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tonight: Isolated showers after midnight. Widespread haze after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Breezy, with an east wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Isolated showers. Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Puna

Today: Scattered showers, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. East wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Calm wind becoming north northeast around 6 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. North northeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Waikoloa

Today: Isolated showers after 11am. Widespread haze before 11am. Increasing clouds, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 71. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the evening.

Sunday: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. North wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov