Increase in Windward Showers Expected

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By Meteorologist Malika Dudley / Email: malika@mauinow.com

Alerts

A Small Craft Advisory is posted for the Pailolo and ʻAlenuihāhā channels as well as Māʻalaea Bay through 6:00 a.m. Friday for east winds from 20 to 25 knots and rough seas of 7 to 13 feet. Inexperienced mariners should avoid navigating in these conditions.

**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Maui County high/low forecasted temperatures, projected winds, projected localized weather conditions and expected wave heights.**

Today

Partly cloudy skies are expected today with scattered windward and mauka showers. Isolated showers are forecasted for leeward areas of Maui County. East winds are expected around 15 mph with high temperatures from 81° to 87° near shore and lower high temperatures at higher elevations.

UV index at 11 (“extreme” exposure level)

Tonight 

Scattered showers are expected for windward areas with partly cloudy skies becoming mostly cloudy later tonight. Isolated showers are expected in leeward spots. East winds are expected around 15 mph with low temperatures from 68° to 73°.

Looking Ahead

Showers carried by the trades are expected to favor windward and mauka areas. Trade wind speeds are forecasted to weaken slightly on Friday. An increase in showers is expected Friday and Saturday due to an area of enhanced tropical moisture spreading up from the southeast over the eastern end of the main Hawaiian Island chain. Drier and breezier conditions are forecast to return early next week as a surface high strengthens to the northeast of the islands.

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Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS