July 19, 2018 Weather Forecast
**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 northeast and northwest of the state will drive breezy trade winds through today. Winds will taper off to moderate breezes tonight and continue through the weekend. Dry and stable weather will spread across the islands today into the weekend. Increasing moisture will move in with the trades around Sunday night through Monday night.
Hilo
This Afternoon: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. East northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. East northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming east northeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Kona
This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. West southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Widespread haze. Mostly clear, with a low around 72. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming northeast in the evening.
Friday: Isolated showers after noon. Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Waimea
This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a northeast wind 17 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.
Tonight: Isolated showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Kohala
This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Windy, with an east wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
South Point
This Afternoon: Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Windy, with an east wind around 26 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
Tonight: Widespread haze. Mostly clear, with a low around 74. Windy, with an east northeast wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
Friday: Widespread haze. Sunny, with a high near 85. Windy, with an east wind 22 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
Puna
This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Northeast wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. North northeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west northwest in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Waikoloa
This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 87. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 16 to 21 mph becoming south 8 to 13 mph. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 72. South wind around 9 mph becoming east in the evening.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 87. East wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west in the morning.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov