August 27, 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

Added heavy rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms for Kauai and surrounding waters through the afternoon based on the current radar and satellite trends.

Hilo

This Afternoon: Occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 85. East wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Occasional showers. Low around 69. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming east northeast 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Kona

This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. West wind 6 to 10 mph. 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. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Scattered showers after noon. Widespread haze. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Waimea

This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 80. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a northeast wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Kohala

This Afternoon: Occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 66. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Occasional showers. Low around 57. Windy, with an east wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 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 67. Windy, with an east wind 23 to 28 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

South Point

This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Windy, with an east wind 21 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 30 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, mainly before midnight. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. Breezy, with an east northeast wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. Windy, with an east wind 22 to 24 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

This Afternoon: Occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Widespread haze. High near 84. East northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Occasional showers. Widespread haze. Low around 67. East northeast wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Widespread haze. Cloudy, with a high near 85. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Waikoloa

This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. North wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Isolated showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Light northeast wind becoming east 5 to 9 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Scattered showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Breezy, with a northeast wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov