Wet Windward Weather, Cool Winds This Weekend
Sunset at Wailea / Image: Chris Archer
By Meteorologist Malika Dudley / Email: [email protected]
Alerts
A Small Craft Advisory is posted for all Maui County waters. The advisory is posted through 6:00 p.m. Saturday for northeast winds from 20 to 25 knots and rough seas up to 11 feet. Inexperienced mariners should avoid navigating in these conditions.
**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.**
Today
Partly to mostly cloudy skies are in the forecast today for windward and mauka areas with scattered showers. Leeward spots should be partly to mostly cloudy with just isolated showers. Breezy northeast winds are forecasted from 15 to 25 mph. Cooler than normal temperatures are expected with high temperatures from 74° to 79°.
UV index at 8 (“very high” exposure level)
Tonight
Mostly cloudy skies with showers likely for windward and mauka areas tonight. Leeward spots are only expecting isolated showers. Northeast winds are forecasted from 10 to 15 mph. Low temperatures of 66° to 71° degrees are expected.
Sunday
Windward and mauka areas are forecasted to be partly to mostly cloudy with showers likely in windward spots and isolated showers for leeward areas. Northeast winds are expected from 10 to 15 mph. High temperatures are expected from 75° to 80° and low temperatures from 66° to 71°.
Looking Ahead
Brisk and cool northeasterly winds will continue to produce wet conditions across windward slopes through early Saturday, especially on the Big Island and Maui. A gradual decrease in moisture is expected so drier weather with less passing showers are forecasted on Saturday. Deeper moisture south of the Big Island may push far enough north to increase rainfall over the Big Island (and maybe even to Maui) on Sunday and Monday and possibly again during the middle of next week. Northeast winds are expected to weaken Sunday and turn north Monday. Temperatures are expected to continue to feel cooler than normal with dew points in the upper 50s and low 60s.
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