August 01, 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

A breezy trade wind weather pattern can be expected over the next several days thanks to high pressure far north of the area. A few passing showers can be expected over the next few days mainly over windward and mauka areas. An upper trough is forecast to move near the area over the weekend with an increase in shower activity expected. A drier and move stable airmass is forecast to move over the area early next week.

Hilo

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 6 to 10 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 69. North northeast wind around 6 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming north northeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. 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 81. West wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered showers before midnight. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Scattered showers after noon. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 5 to 9 mph becoming west in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Waimea

This Afternoon: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Windy, with a northeast wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Windy, with a northeast wind around 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Windy, with a northeast wind 23 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Kohala

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Very windy, with an east wind around 34 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Very windy, with an east wind 34 to 37 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Very windy, with an east northeast wind 32 to 37 mph decreasing to 26 to 31 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

South Point

This Afternoon: Isolated showers. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with an east wind around 28 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Widespread haze. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. Windy, with an east northeast wind 25 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Thursday: Isolated showers after noon. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with an east wind 25 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Puna

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Breezy, with a northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. North northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Waikoloa

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with an east northeast wind 24 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Windy, with an east wind 18 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with an east northeast wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 14 to 19 mph. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov