July 20, 2018 Weather Forecast
Photo: James Grenz
**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 trade wind weather pattern can be expected over the next several days thanks to high pressure far north northeast of the area. Clouds and passing showers will tend to favor windward and mauka areas. Some increase in shower activity is expected late Sunday through Tuesday as an area of enhanced moisture embedded in the trades moves westward across the area.
Hilo
This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Northeast wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. North northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Light and variable wind becoming north northeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Kona
This Afternoon: Isolated showers. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east southeast. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Widespread haze. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: Isolated showers after noon. Widespread haze. Increasing clouds, with a high near 85. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Waimea
This Afternoon: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.
Tonight: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Breezy, with a northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.
Saturday: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a northeast wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Kohala
This Afternoon: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.
Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. East northeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
South Point
This Afternoon: Widespread haze. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Windy, with an east wind around 23 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight: Widespread haze. Mostly clear, with a low around 74. Breezy, with an east northeast wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Saturday: Widespread haze. Sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy, with an east wind 20 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Puna
This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Northeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. North northeast wind 8 to 14 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. North northwest wind 8 to 11 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Waikoloa
This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Northeast wind around 11 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 71. East northeast wind around 10 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 87. East northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.
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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov
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