July 18, 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 will drive breezy trade winds into Thursday. Rather wet conditions are expected over windward areas today, especially on Maui and the Big Island. Showers will carry over into leeward sections of the smaller islands at times today. Drier trade wind weather will return on Thursday, with the winds easing a bit by Friday. Moderate trade winds are then expected to continue through the weekend, with showers focused mostly on windward areas. The leeward slopes of the Big Island will continue to see the typical summertime clouds and widely scattered showers each afternoon.

Hilo

This Afternoon: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. East wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming east northeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Kona

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Widespread haze. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Calm wind.

Thursday: Scattered showers after noon. Widespread haze. Increasing clouds, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Waimea

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a northeast wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Kohala

This Afternoon: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Windy, with an east wind around 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Occasional showers, mainly before midnight. Low around 60. Windy, with an east wind around 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Windy, with an east wind 17 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

South Point

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Windy, with an east wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly before midnight. Widespread haze. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Windy, with an east wind 23 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Isolated showers before noon. Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Windy, with an east northeast wind 23 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Puna

This Afternoon: Frequent showers. High near 84. Northeast wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. North wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Northeast wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Waikoloa

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 87. Breezy, with a northeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 72. Breezy, with an east wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 16 to 21 mph becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov