Hilo

Rest Of Tonight: Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Lows 66 to 73 near the shore to around 58 at 4000 feet. Northeast winds up to 15 mph shifting to the west after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Highs 80 to 86 near the shore to 67 to 72 at 4000 feet. West winds up to 10 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Thursday Night: Cloudy with showers. Lows 67 to 74 near the shore to around 61 at 4000 feet. East winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.

Kona

Rest Of Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows 66 to 75 near the shore to 51 to 56 near 5000 feet. Light winds.

Thursday: Sunny. Highs 86 to 91 near the shore to around 71 near 5000 feet. Light winds.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows around 76 near the shore to 53 to 58 near 5000 feet. Light winds. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Waimea

Rest Of Tonight: Breezy. Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Lows 65 to 73 near the shore to 59 to 66 near 3000 feet. East winds 10 to 20 mph decreasing to up to 20 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Thursday: Breezy. Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Highs around 82 near the shore to 71 to 81 near 3000 feet. East winds up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Thursday Night: Windy. Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Lows 67 to 74 near the shore to 58 to 66 near 3000 feet. East winds up to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Kohala

Rest Of Tonight: Breezy. Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Lows 65 to 73 near the shore to 59 to 66 near 3000 feet. East winds 10 to 20 mph decreasing to up to 20 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Thursday: Breezy. Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Highs around 82 near the shore to 71 to 81 near 3000 feet. East winds up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Thursday Night: Windy. Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Lows 67 to 74 near the shore to 58 to 66 near 3000 feet. East winds up to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

South Big Island

Rest Of Tonight: Mostly clear. Windy. Lows around 76 near the shore to around 58 near 5000 feet. East winds up to 30 mph.

Thursday: Sunny and breezy. Highs around 88 near the shore to around 70 near 5000 feet. East winds up to 25 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Windy. Isolated showers in the evening. Lows around 77 near the shore to around 58 near 5000 feet. East winds up to 30 mph increasing to 10 to 30 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Puna

Rest Of Tonight: Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Lows 66 to 73 near the shore to around 58 at 4000 feet. Northeast winds up to 15 mph shifting to the west after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Highs 80 to 86 near the shore to 67 to 72 at 4000 feet. West winds up to 10 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Thursday Night: Cloudy with showers. Lows 67 to 74 near the shore to around 61 at 4000 feet. East winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.

Waikoloa

Rest Of Tonight: Breezy. Partly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows 69 to 76 near the shore to 52 to 58 above 4000 feet. Northeast winds up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Thursday: Sunny. Scattered showers in the morning. Highs 86 to 92 near the shore to 68 to 75 above 4000 feet. Northeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows around 77 near the shore to 55 to 61 above 4000 feet. Northwest winds up to 15 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Detailed Forecast

Synopsis

Breezy trades deliver an increased coverage of showers windward through the weekend.

Short term update

PoPs were adjusted to account for current trends otherwise previous forecast is on track.

Prev discussion

Issued at 301 PM HST Wed Jul 8 2026
Stagnant upper air pattern between roughly 20N and 30N persists as the islands remain under the influence of a narrow upper ridge axis flanked on either side by cutoff lows. Expectedly, governing high pressure changes very little during the forecast period leaving the islands in a rather typical breezy trade wind pattern. A transition to a wetter trade wind pattern commences tonight as visible imagery shows a band of shower-bearing cu advancing WNW toward Maui County this afternoon. This band of showers is oriented perpendicular to the island chain and as such poses the potential to bring a few inches of rain to select windward locales as training showers become established. Given observed WNW motion and latest guidance, suspect Kauai may be the most likely to experience several hours of moderate shower activity potentially lingering into Thursday.
The lead edge of a tropical airmass characterized by PWATs around 1.75″ is evident on visible imagery as a SW-NE oriented band of clouds centered on 20N/150W east of the Big Island. This airmass will bring dewpoints into the low 70s and maintain the ongoing period of wetter trades into the weekend. Continued breezy trades will help take the edge off of mugginess as higher humidity builds. General signal from the medium range guidance is for increased shower coverage to continue into early next week.

Aviation

Moderate to breezy trades will persist across the Hawaiian Islands, bringing in pockets of enahcned low-level showers across predominately windward and mauka areas. Expect periods of MVFR condiitons in areas where shower activity become heavy. Otherwise, VFR conditions prevail.
AIRMET Tango remains in effect for moderate low-level turbulence over and downwind of terrain for all islands. This AIRMET will likely continue through the next several days.
AIRMET Sierra remains in effect during the overnight hours for windward and mountain areas and may likely extend areally westward as showers continue.

Marine

Issued at 301 PM HST Wed Jul 8 2026
Strong high pressure centered north of the state continues to drive fresh to strong trade winds across all coastal waters. The ASCAT from earlier today only clipped the eastern end of the state, but confirmed Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level winds in the Alenuihaha Channel and across waters south of the Big Island. Hi-resolution guidance keeps Small Craft Advisory (SCA) winds in many of the coastal water zones though tonight, so will keep the current SCA through then. Very little change is expected to the strength of the high or the pressure gradient across the islands, so will continue to remain around the advisory threshold for most waters over the coming days. The SCA will likely be extended beyond tonight for the typical windy zones around the Big Island and Maui County at a minimum, but additional zones might need to be included.
A small to moderate, medium-period south southwest (190-200 degrees) swell continues to generate moderate surf below advisory criteria along south facing shores this afternoon. This swell energy will gradually lower through the remainder of the week. Expect small surf for south facing shores leading into this weekend, with mainly background energy. A small to moderate, long-period southwest swell (220 degrees) is expected to fill in Saturday into early next week, but due to its Tasman source, could be more inconsistent than the current swell.
Surf along east facing shores will remain rough and choppy through the week as fresh to strong trades hold. A series of small, moderate- to long-period west (270 to 280 degrees) swells are expected to arrive this weekend and linger into early next week, sourced from Typhoon Bavi in the far western Pacific. No significant swells are expected out of the north or northwest.
Looking ahead, higher than normal high tides will be possible beginning during the latter half of this weekend. Interests immediately along the coasts in low-lying or vulnerable areas should continue to monitor forecasts for possible coastal flooding due to the King Tides from Sunday through the first half of next week.

HFO Watches/Warnings/Advisories

Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM HST Thursday for Alenuihaha Channel, Big Island Leeward Waters, Big Island Southeast Waters, Big Island Windward Waters, Kaiwi Channel, Kauai Channel, Kauai Leeward Waters, Kauai Northwest Waters, Kauai Windward Waters, Maalaea Bay, Maui County Leeward Waters, Maui County Windward Waters, Oahu Leeward Waters, Oahu Windward Waters, Pailolo Channel.

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