West Side

Today: Breezy. Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Highs 77 to 85. Northeast winds 10 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight: Breezy. Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows 67 to 74. Northeast winds 10 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Monday: Breezy. Mostly sunny with isolated showers. Highs 75 to 84. Northeast winds 10 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

South Side

Today: Breezy. Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Highs around 86. North winds 10 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Tonight: Breezy. Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows 69 to 74. Northeast winds 10 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Monday: Mostly sunny. Windy. Highs around 84. Northeast winds 15 to 30 mph.

North Shore

Today: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Highs around 82 near the shore to around 66 near 5000 feet. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers in the evening, then numerous showers after midnight. Lows around 71 near the shore to around 55 near 5000 feet. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Monday: Breezy. Partly sunny with scattered showers. Highs around 81 near the shore to around 63 near 5000 feet. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Central Maui

Today: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Highs 81 to 86. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Tonight: Breezy. Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows around 71. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Monday: Breezy. Mostly sunny with isolated showers. Highs 79 to 85. Northeast winds 10 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Upcountry

Today: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers in the morning, then numerous showers in the afternoon. Highs around 62 at the visitor center to around 68 at the summit. North winds up to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows around 50 at the visitor center to around 48 at the summit. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Monday: Breezy. Partly sunny with scattered showers. Highs around 59 at the visitor center to around 72 at the summit. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

East Maui

Today: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Highs around 82 near the shore to around 66 near 5000 feet. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers in the evening, then numerous showers after midnight. Lows around 71 near the shore to around 55 near 5000 feet. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Monday: Breezy. Partly sunny with scattered showers. Highs around 81 near the shore to around 63 near 5000 feet. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Lanai City

Today: Windy. Cloudy with scattered showers in the morning, then partly sunny with isolated showers in the afternoon. Highs 71 to 80. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Windy. Isolated showers after midnight. Lows 64 to 69. Northeast winds 25 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Monday: Mostly sunny. Windy. Highs 70 to 80. Northeast winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph.

Kaunakakai

Today: Breezy. Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Highs 69 to 87. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Breezy. Isolated showers. Lows 60 to 73. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Monday: Mostly sunny. Windy. Highs 68 to 86. Northeast winds 10 to 30 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.

Detailed Forecast

Synopsis

Drier air will move into the region today from west to east as the southern end of a cold front brings northeast trade winds back to the state. Moderate to breezy trades will be with us through the coming week, along with the typical showers occurring mainly in windward and mauka regions. A tropical storm may develop to our southeast later this coming week (NHC has the chance right at 50%). If it forms, it is not expected to move toward Hawaii.

Discussion

A significant area of strong and often persistent showers that moved over Kauai yesterday has diminished overnight. Flooding occurred on Kauai, including water over Kuhio Highway near Hanalei. As of 3:30 AM HST, radar shows an area of light to moderate showers mainly south of Oahu, with additional scattered showers extending from around Kona to near Upolu on the Big Island.
A weak front will bring drier air to the state today, moving in from west to east. The strongest part of the front will remain well north of the area, but a change to northeast trade winds will occur, and dewpoints will fall from the lower 70s in the mid 60s (at lower elevations). The Big Island will be the last island to experience the drier air, and showers will continue there into this afternoon. Additional light trade wind showers, mainly windward and mauka, will continue even after the drier air reaches the state.
A surface high will move east to a position around 500 miles to our north Monday and generally remain there through Wednesday. Later this week, this high will be replaced by a new high centered to our northwest moving in from the west, keeping the trades going. By this time, moisture will have increased somewhat, but not nearly as high as what we have experienced the past few days. Light trade wind showers will be with us, but heavy rain is not in the forecast.
Final note, some model runs show a tropical system forming to our southeast late this coming week. The models that do show this have the potential system moving west and staying to our south. NHC has a 50% chance of formation within 7 days. We will continue to watch for any increase in model consistency, and of course for guidance from NHC, through the coming days.

Aviation

Scattered showers continue to weaken as they push eastward. Isolated MVFR ceilings and visibilities are possible in any passing showers this morning. For the rest of the day, expect a gradual return to a breezy trade wind pattern.
AIRMET Sierra is in effect for mountain obscuration on Oahu and windward areas of the Big Island due to low ceilings and reduced visibility in showers.

Marine

A trough to the northwest of Kauai will sink southward across the island chain today and tonight, with high pressure to the north, behind the trough, causing fresh to strong northeast winds to overspread the region. A Small Craft Advisory (SCA) is in effect for all coastal waters as a result. Waves will also exceed 10 feet for exposed waters with the arrival of a north-northwest (330 degree) swell. This swell also brings high surf to north and west facing shores of Kauai and Oahu, as well as north facing shores of Maui and Molokai, for which a High Surf Advisory is in effect. Moderate to locally strong northeast trades are expected to continue through much of the week.
The arrival of a moderate, long-period northwest swell will bring surf quickly building to advisory levels along north- and west-facing shores this morning. The swell peaks later today before beginning a decline on Monday. However, advisory level surf is expected to linger through at least Monday morning before falling to more moderate levels by Monday evening. Another advisory level northwest swell is possible Thursday into Friday, and moderate to large surf action appears to continue into the weekend.
The current moderate, medium period south swell will hold today near seasonal average before declining on Monday. South shore surf will be tiny through much of the week with little southerly background energy reaching the islands. East-facing shores will see an increase in trade wind swell as northeast winds return today. Surf along east- facing shores will increase through Monday night and conditions will stay choppy as trades sustain through much of the week. A north- northeast trade wind swell (around 30 degrees) this week will reach moderate levels, but remains short-period, so the threat of harbor surges appears less likely.

Fire weather

Recent wet weather has lowered fire concern due to wet fuels. Trades with drier air will move into the region today, and wind speeds will increase and remain elevated through at least Wednesday. The temperature inversion from Maui to the Big Island was around 9000 feet this morning and is expected to lower to around 7000 feet by Monday.

HFO Watches/Warnings/Advisories

High Surf Advisory until 6 PM HST Monday for Kauai East, Kauai North, Kauai Southwest, Koolau Windward, Maui Central Valley North, Maui Windward West, Molokai North, Molokai Windward, Niihau, Oahu North Shore, Waianae Coast, Windward Haleakala.
Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM HST Monday for Alenuihaha Channel, Big Island Leeward Waters, Big Island Southeast Waters, Big Island Windward Waters, Kaiwi Channel, Kauai Channel, Kauai Leeward Waters, Kauai Northwest Waters, Kauai Windward Waters, Maalaea Bay, Maui County Leeward Waters, Maui County Windward Waters, Oahu Leeward Waters, Oahu Windward Waters, Pailolo Channel.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov