Weekend Weather: Improving Conditions
By Meteorologist Malika Dudley / Email: [email protected]
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**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Maui County high/low forecasted temperatures, projected winds, chance of cloud cover, projected localized weather conditions and expected wave heights.**
Today, Saturday, January 3, 2015
Partly sunny skies are expected today with scattered showers in the forecast. Winds will be breezy out of the northwest from 15 to 25 mph, gusting to 40 mph in some spots. High temperatures are expected to fall in the range of 75° to 77°.
Sunrise: 7:03 a.m.
Sunset: 5:57 p.m.
UV index at 6 (“high” exposure level)
Tonight
Partly cloudy skies are expected tonight with scattered windward and mauka showers. Low temperatures from 62° to 69° degrees. Winds out of the northwest from 15 to 20 mph.
Moonrise: 5:08 p.m.
Moonset: 6:32 a.m. on Jan. 4
Next Full Moon: Jan. 4 at 6:54 p.m.
Next New Moon: Jan. 20 at 3:14 a.m.
Almanac for Kahului Airport
Maximum Temperature for today:
Normal 81°
Record 88° / Set in 1959
Minimum Temperature for today:
Normal 64°
Record 56° / Set in 1958
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Partly cloudy skies expected today with scattered windward and mauka showers in the morning. Winds out of the northwest from 15 to 20 mph. High temperatures should fall in the range of 77° to 83°. Lows are expected from 62° to 69°.
Sunrise: 7:04 a.m.
Sunset: 5:58 p.m.
UV index at 6 (“high” exposure level)
Looking Ahead
Winds will shift out of the northwest and showers will diminish after the front pushes through. Cool and dry weather is expected behind the front on Sunday, with a relatively dry trade wind pattern expected for early next week. A weak front may cause winds to weaken and veer late in the work week.