October 08, 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 winds will gradually build across the state through Tuesday as the persistent trough to the west slowly weakens. Expect a brief return of moderate to locally breezy trades tonight through Tuesday night. Winds will ease on the second half of the week as high pressure far to the northeast weakens. The unstable airmass will slowly become more stable today, with a return of more typical trade wind weather.

Hilo

Columbus Day: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Frequent showers. Low around 69. Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming northeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Kona

Columbus Day: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Waimea

Columbus Day: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a northeast wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Kohala

Columbus Day: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Frequent showers, mainly before midnight. Low around 53. Windy, with an east wind 15 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.

Tuesday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

South Point

Columbus Day: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Breezy, with an east wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Breezy, with an east northeast wind around 21 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.

Tuesday: Scattered showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Windy, with an east northeast wind 21 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Puna

Columbus Day: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Northeast wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Frequent showers. Low around 66. Light and variable wind becoming north northwest 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. North northwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming northeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Waikoloa

Columbus Day: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. East wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov