August 29, 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

Trade wind weather will settle in for the rest of the work week, with clouds and showers expected to favor windward and mauka areas. Trades winds will decrease over the weekend as the ridge to our north weakens, but will resurge early next week as the ridge recovers. Trade showers will become more widespread late Saturday into early next week.

Hilo

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. North northeast wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. North wind 7 to 10 mph becoming west 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. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Kona

This Afternoon: Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm.

Tonight: Isolated showers before midnight. Widespread haze. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Isolated showers after noon. Widespread haze. Sunny, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Waimea

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 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 wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Kohala

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Windy, with an east wind 22 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.

Thursday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, 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 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

South Point

This Afternoon: Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Windy, with an east wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Tonight: Isolated showers. Widespread haze. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Windy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Isolated showers. Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Puna

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Breezy, with a north northeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly after midnight. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Breezy, with a north wind 11 to 16 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 18 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 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 87. Breezy, with a northeast wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Breezy, with an east wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with an east northeast wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov