January 20, 2019 Weather Forecast
Photo Credit: Asa Ellison
**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.**
Looking Ahead
Large scale winds are light southeasterlies today allowing land and sea breezes to develop over each island ahead of a weak cold front approaching from the northwest. The forward motion of this front stalls the clouds and showers just northwest of Kauai by tomorrow afternoon. Shower activity will remain isolated through the week with periods of scattered showers favoring mountain and interior sections through the week. A weakened ridge north of the state will keep light winds will keep land and sea breezes in the forecast through Thursday. Another weak front should move into the Hawaii region on Friday.
West Side
Today: Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming west northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. West northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
M.L.King Day: Isolated showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
South Side
Today: Isolated showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. East wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Isolated showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Light and variable wind becoming east around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
M.L.King Day: Isolated showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
North Shore
Today: Isolated showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. East wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south southeast in the evening.
M.L.King Day: Isolated showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South southeast wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Central Maui
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
M.L.King Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.
Upcountry
Today: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Light and variable wind.
M.L.King Day: Scattered showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
East Maui
Today: Scattered showers, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Breezy, with a southeast wind 11 to 16 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
M.L.King Day: Isolated showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. West wind 8 to 11 mph becoming east in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Lanai City
Today: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.
M.L.King Day: Isolated showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Kaunakakai
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Light and variable wind.
M.L.King Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov
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