January 18, 2019 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
A cold front is forecast to stall and dissipate over the eastern end of the state today through Saturday. Trades will return for a brief period beginning tonight, then quickly shift toward the south and weaken Sunday through Monday as another cold front approaches and stalls near the western end of the state. Winds will remain light through much of the upcoming week as the ridge of high pressure shifts southward over the islands.
West Side
Today: Scattered showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Light north northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming east northeast 10 to 15 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 82. East northeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.
South Side
Today: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. North wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Isolated showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 63. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Isolated showers after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
North Shore
Today: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. North northwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Central Maui
Today: Scattered showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. North wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. East northeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Upcountry
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 49. Light south wind.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph.
East Maui
Today: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming northeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Lanai City
Today: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Isolated showers before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Breezy, with a northeast wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Scattered showers after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 76. Breezy, with a northeast wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Kaunakakai
Today: Isolated showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 77. East wind around 11 mph.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov