January 09, 2019 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

Mostly dry conditions along with light winds will prevail across the state through the second half of the week and upcoming weekend. The best rainfall chances will remain over windward sections from Oahu to the Big Island through Thursday where remnant moisture associated with an old frontal boundary and light trades exist. Daytime sea breezes and overnight land breezes will overpower a rather weak trade wind flow elsewhere each day.

Hilo

This Afternoon: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. West wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Kona

This Afternoon: Isolated showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Isolated showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 60. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming west southwest 5 to 8 mph.

Waimea

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming north northeast around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light east southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Kohala

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Windy, with an east northeast wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Windy, with an east northeast wind 18 to 23 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

South Point

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 79. East wind 7 to 11 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 72. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Puna

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Waikoloa

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. West northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Light east southeast wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 82. East southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov