Maui Weather Forecast for August 11, 2025
West Side
Today: Mostly sunny with isolated showers in the morning, then partly sunny with scattered showers in the afternoon. Highs 82 to 87. Northwest winds up to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers in the evening. Lows 70 to 77. East winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs 82 to 88. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
South Side
Today: Mostly sunny. Isolated showers in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Light winds. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Lows 72 to 78. Northwest winds up to 15 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs around 90. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
North Shore
Today: Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Scattered showers. Highs 81 to 88 near the shore to around 70 near 5000 feet. East winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows around 74 near the shore to around 56 near 5000 feet. Southeast winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Tuesday: Partly sunny with isolated showers. Highs 81 to 88 near the shore to around 70 near 5000 feet. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Central Maui
Today: Mostly sunny with isolated showers in the morning, then partly sunny with scattered showers in the afternoon. Highs 84 to 91. Northeast winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Lows around 73. East winds up to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs 83 to 90. Northeast winds around 10 mph.
Upcountry
Today: Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Highs around 66 at the visitor center to around 69 at the summit. Light winds becoming southeast up to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Lows around 53 at the visitor center to around 48 at the summit. East winds up to 15 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny. Breezy. Highs around 69 at the visitor center to around 71 at the summit. East winds 10 to 20 mph.
East Maui
Today: Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Scattered showers. Highs 81 to 88 near the shore to around 70 near 5000 feet. East winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows around 74 near the shore to around 56 near 5000 feet. Southeast winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Tuesday: Partly sunny with isolated showers. Highs 81 to 88 near the shore to around 70 near 5000 feet. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Lanai City
Today: Mostly sunny. Isolated showers in the afternoon. Highs 76 to 84. Light winds. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Lows 66 to 71. Light winds becoming northeast up to 10 mph after midnight.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs 76 to 84. East winds up to 15 mph.
Kaunakakai
Today: Mostly sunny with isolated showers. Highs 76 to 91. Northwest winds up to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers in the evening. Lows 63 to 77. East winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 92. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Detailed Forecast
Synopsis
Winds will remain light over the next couple of days, instilling a land-sea breeze pattern with rising humidity as Henriette passes to the north of the state. By late Wednesday, a low-level trough propagates into the vicinity of the islands, increasing the probability of clouds and enhanced shower activity for windward and mountain areas. Trades return thereafter, allowing humidity levels to return to normal for the remainder of the forecast period.
Discussion
An area of high pressure remains well northeast of the state, while Henriette propagates northwestward, maintaining distance away from the islands. As Henriette passes through the region, trades will be disrupted, resulting in a light and variable pattern through Monday afternoon. In the absence of local scale winds, island heating will develop sea breezes each day, and overnight cooling will drive downsloping land breezes each night. During the day, sea breezes will enhance leeward and interior region shower activity, while land breezes overnight will clear the night skies, limiting showers. Additionally, hot and humid conditions can be expected across most locations as dewpoint values are progged to reach and even exceed 70 in some locations, given the influx of excess moisture associated with Henriette while passing in the vicinity of the islands.
Latest projection on the tracking of Henriette has it well north of the islands late Monday into early Tuesday, releasing its influence on the islands, and allowing trades to reestablish across the state. The aforementioned area of high pressure will then regain dominance over the region briefly.
By late Wednesday, latest model guidance depicts a low-level trough that propagates westward into the state. Temperature inversions across much of the state increase to near 8,000 feet during this time, increasing cloud cover and shower trends across the state, favoring windward and mountain areas of all islands. This quick-moving trough continues westward and exits on the west side of the islands by late Friday.
Thereafter, as the weekend approaches, trades strengthen back to moderate to locally breezy and a more typical summer-like trade wind weather pattern will once again prevail.
Aviation
Light and variable winds prevail, with enhanced shower activity across leeward and interior regions across all islands, and a few light showers across windward and mountain areas. VFR conditions are expected to prevail, however, brief MVFR conditions cannot be ruled out with showers.
There are no AIRMETs in effect at this time.
Marine
Light and variable winds will continue through Monday as Tropical Storm Henriette continues on a northwestward path, passing north of the Hawaiian Islands. A ridge will build into the region with a return to moderate trade winds as Henriette departs the pattern. Trades winds will briefly strengthen into moderate to fresh range from Tuesday into Wednesday. Global models then show a trough moving westward through the region, weakening the ridge and allowing winds to ease into the light to gentle range through Thursday. Moderate to locally strong trades blow across the region from Friday through next weekend.
The long period south swell will hold at high end High Surf Advisory (HSA) levels, just below warning thresholds this morning. Surf heights will slowly decline through tonight. However, surf heights will likely remain above HSA thresholds into Monday. Therefore the current HSA was extended in time through Monday afternoon for the south facing shores of all islands. After this current south swell diminishes from Tuesday into Wednesday, we expect only small long and medium period background pulses along south facing shores into next weekend.
Surf along east facing shores will increase as Tropical Storm Henriette passes northeast of the state today, sending a medium period east swell into the islands. This swell will decrease rather quickly on Monday with smaller east shore surf expected from Tuesday into Wednesday. A medium period northeast swell will be possible by Thursday.
Tiny surf along north facing shores will continue with just small energy pulses keeping north shore surf above flat levels this week.
Peak afternoon high tides, combined with elevated water levels running about a half a foot higher than predicted and a large south swell, will lead to minor flooding along many south-facing shorelines and low lying coastal areas through this afternoon.
Fire weather
Winds will remain light and variable over the next couple of days, allowing for the development of a land-sea breeze pattern for much of the state through Monday. Dewpoint values are expected to gradually rise through early next week, with many areas nearing or even exceeding dewpoints of 70 degrees. As a result, weather conditions are expected to remain below critical fire weather thresholds. However, remain vigilant when recreating outdoors or when operating equipment that could cause a spark.
HFO Watches/Warnings/Advisories
High Surf Advisory until 6 PM HST Monday for Niihau, Kauai Leeward, Waianae Coast, Kahoolawe, Maui Leeward West, Kona, Kohala, Kauai South, East Honolulu, Honolulu Metro, Ewa Plain, Molokai Southeast, Molokai Leeward South, Lanai Leeward, Lanai South, Maui Central Valley South, South Maui/Upcountry, South Haleakala, Big Island South, Big Island Southeast.
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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov







