September 29, 2018 Weather Forecast
**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
Tropical moisture passing the Big Island today will bring more showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms to that island. Lingering low clouds over rest of the state will slowly push westward today. Gentle to moderate trade winds will focus clouds and showers over windward and mauka sections. Drier trade wind weather is expected Sunday and Monday. Winds will weaken and veer southeast beginning Monday night through much of next week as a surface trough develops west of the main Hawaiian islands.
West Side
Today: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 99. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Isolated showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. East wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 96. East northeast wind 7 to 11 mph.
South Side
Today: Scattered showers after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 97. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. Light and variable wind.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 95. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
North Shore
Today: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 97. Breezy, with an east wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Breezy, with an east wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Central Maui
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 98. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.
Tonight: Isolated showers between 7pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Northeast wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 96. Breezy, with a northeast wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
Upcountry
Today: Scattered showers after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Calm wind.
Sunday: Isolated showers after noon. Sunny, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
East Maui
Today: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Lanai City
Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 80. Northeast wind 6 to 11 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 68. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
Kaunakakai
Today: Isolated showers after noon. Sunny, with a high near 88. Heat index values as high as 97. East northeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 97. East northeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov