September 26, 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 front northwest of the islands will move southeast through tonight. The front will stall and dissipate over the islands through Friday. A high will build north of the area Friday and move east through early next week. Meanwhile, a tropical low will form southeast of the islands and move west through early next week.

Hilo

This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 88. Southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 95. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Kona

This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 83. West northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Isolated showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Waimea

This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Light north northeast wind becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Kohala

This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 68. Light west northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 57. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Isolated showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 68. Light east wind becoming east northeast 9 to 14 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

South Point

This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 88. Heat index values as high as 97. East wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Cloudy, with a low around 78. East northeast wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Isolated showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Heat index values as high as 96. East wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Puna

This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 87. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South southwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind 7 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Waikoloa

This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Isolated showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. West northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov