September 28, 2018 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
A plume of deep tropical moisture convergence will linger over the central Hawaiian Islands today before drifting westward towards Kauai later this evening. Frequent showers with isolated thunderstorms are forecast for islands under this convergence band. Easterly trade winds have returned with enough moisture and instability for continued showers favoring windward and mountain slopes of all islands through Saturday. Drier air moves in with the trade winds on Sunday and Monday. Winds return to a southeasterly direction on Tuesday with a return to warm and humid weather conditions through next week Thursday.
West Side
Today: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 99. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Isolated showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Calm wind becoming west southwest 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 99. West southwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming east northeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
South Side
Today: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 98. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Light and variable wind.
Saturday: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 98. Light and variable wind becoming west 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
North Shore
Today: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 97. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 97. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Central Maui
Today: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 98. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. North northeast wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 98. Breezy, with a northeast wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Upcountry
Today: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Calm wind.
Saturday: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming south southwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
East Maui
Today: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming east northeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. East northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming east northeast 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Lanai City
Today: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Breezy, with a northeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Saturday: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Kaunakakai
Today: Scattered showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 99. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming east southeast 15 to 20 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Isolated showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Light and variable wind becoming north around 6 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Heat index values as high as 97. East northeast wind 5 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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