December 25, 2018 Weather Forecast
Photo: Asa Ellison
**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 wet trade wind weather pattern will continue to produce widespread rain showers across the state today as abundant moisture and instability associated with an upper low moving into the islands from the southeast. Winds will diminish on Wednesday and Thursday as a cold front approaches the islands from the northwest. This cold front will sweep across the islands on Friday spreading showers from west to east across the state through Saturday. Unsettled showers will linger across the region through Sunday. Drier trends are forecast for the first half of next week.
West Side
Christmas Day: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly between 7pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday: Isolated showers between 7am and 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
South Side
Christmas Day: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. East northeast wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Isolated showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. East wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday: Scattered showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
North Shore
Christmas Day: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Central Maui
Christmas Day: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. West southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday: Scattered showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. West southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Upcountry
Christmas Day: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. East wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. East wind around 8 mph.
Wednesday: Isolated showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
East Maui
Christmas Day: Frequent showers. High near 81. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Frequent showers. Low around 62. Breezy, with a west wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 16 mph becoming east in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Lanai City
Christmas Day: Scattered showers, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Isolated showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday: Scattered showers, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Kaunakakai
Christmas Day: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Scattered showers, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday: Scattered showers, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov
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