August 03, 2018 Weather Forecast
Photo: James Grenz
**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 to locally windy and slightly unstable trade wind flow will persist into Saturday. Clouds and showers, a few briefly heavy, will periodically spread from windward slopes across to leeward areas, while leeward Big Island slopes experience scattered afternoon showers and an isolated thunderstorm. A breezy and stable trade wind flow will develop on Sunday, focusing modest showers over windward areas. It is still too soon to know if Hurricane Hector will impact island weather during the middle to end of next week.
Hilo
This Afternoon: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Occasional showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 69. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday: Occasional showers. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 83. East northeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Kona
This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Scattered showers. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. West northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday: Scattered showers. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. West northwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Waimea
This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Windy, with an east northeast wind 18 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers likely, mainly after midnight. The rain could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday: Showers likely. The rain could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Kohala
This Afternoon: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Windy, with an east northeast wind 23 to 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. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 56. Windy, with an east wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: Occasional showers. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 66. Breezy, with an east wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
South Point
This Afternoon: Isolated showers. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Very windy, with an east northeast wind 25 to 32 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly after midnight. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. Windy, with an east northeast wind 23 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with an east wind around 24 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Puna
This Afternoon: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Occasional showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 67. North northwest wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: Occasional showers. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 82. Northeast wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Waikoloa
This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with a northeast wind 21 to 26 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Isolated showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. East northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Scattered showers, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. North northeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov
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