East Winds up to 20 mph Today

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Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)

Small Craft Advisory: ʻAlenuihāhā channel and Big Island southeast and leeward coastal waters through 6 p.m. Thursday.

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**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Big Island high/low forecasted temperatures, projected winds, chance of cloud cover, projected localized weather conditions, vog/SO2 forecast and expected wave heights.**

Looking Ahead

Winds are expected to pick up in strength and bring showers to our usual windward and mauka areas through the weekend. From time to time we could see some showers pushing into leeward areas on our breezy winds.

Today 

We expect east winds around 15 to 20 mph. High temperatures are forecast from 81° to 86°. Partly cloudy skies with with scattered windward showers. For the Kona side, sunshine in the morning with building clouds in the afternoon and scattered showers during that time.

UV index at 13 (“extreme” exposure level)

Tonight 

East winds are forecast around 15 to 20 mph. Mostly cloudy skies with numerous windward showers and clearing for the Kona side. Low temperatures from 69° to 74°.

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