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West kau’i
Tonight: Partly Cloudy. Breezy. Isolated showers in the EVENING, then worryed showers after Midnight. LOWS 66 to 71 Near the Shore to Around 59 Above 3000 Fet. East Winds Up to 20 MPH. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny with isolated showers. Highs 81 to 87 Near the Shore to Around 74 Above 3000 Fet. East Winds Up to 15 MPH. Chance of Rain 20 Percent.
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy in the Eventing then becoming Mostly Cloudy. Isolated showers. LOWS Around 68 Near the Shore to Around 59 Above 3000 Fet. Light Winds. Chance of Rain 20 Percent.
South Kaua’i
Tonight: Breezy. Mostly Cloudy with Scatled Showers. LOWS Around 69. Northeast Winds 10 to 20 MPH. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Tuesday: Partly Sunny with Scatled Showers. Highs 79 to 86. East Winds 10 to 15 MPH. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Tuesday Night: Mostly Cloudy with Scatled Showers. LOWS Around 68. Northeast Winds Up to 10 MPH. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Kaua’i Mountains
Tonight: Mostly Cloudy with Scatled Showers. LOWS 60 to 68 in the Valleys to Around 57 Above 4000 Fet. East Winds 10 to 15 MPH Decreasing To Up to 15 MPH after Midnight. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Tuesday: Mostly Cloudy with Scatled Showers. Highs 74 to 80 in the Valleys to Around 64 Above 4000 Fet. East Winds Up to 15 MPH. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Tuesday Night: Mostly Cloudy with Scatled Showers. LOWS 59 to 68 in the Valleys to Around 57 Above 4000 Fet. Light Winds. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
North Kaua’i
Tonight: Mostly Cloudy with Scatled Showers. LOWS 63 to 70. East Winds Up to 15 MPH. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Tuesday: Partly Sunny with Scatled Showers. Highs 75 to 83. Southheast Winds Up to 15 MPH. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Tuesday Night: Mostly Cloudy with Scatled Showers. LOWS 62 to 69. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
East kau’i
Tonight: Mostly Cloudy with Scatled Showers. LOWS 63 to 73. East Winds Up to 15 MPH. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Tuesday: Partly Sunny with Scatled Showers. Highs 72 to 84. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Tuesday Night: Mostly Cloudy with Scatled Showers. LOWS 62 to 72. Northeast Winds Up to 10 MPH in The Event Becoming Light. Chance of Rain 50 Percent.
Synopsis
Trade Winds Will Ease INTO Tuesday, With Passing Closes and Showers Favoring Windward and Mauka Areas. Light Winds Are Expected by the Middle of the Week with Feweer Windward Showers and A Great Chancer for Affernoon Interior Showers Through The Weekend. A U upper Level TRIGHE and Deep Atmospheric Moisture Will Enhance Shower Activity on Thursday and Friendly and Bring the Potential For Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall.
Discussion
High Pressure Center to the Northeast of the State Will MainTain Breezy Trade Winds Across the Region Through Tonight, Continuing To Focus Incoming Clouds and showers Over Windward and Mauka Areas. Water Vapor Imagery Shows a Weak Upper-Level Low Spinning Over the State. Mid-Level Ridging Will BRIEFLY Build OverHead Tuesday Night into every wedding.
At the Surface, a Strong Low Pressure System to the Far North Will Displace The Ridge that’s Been Anchored to our Northeast to Bing it Closer to, or Over, The Island Chain. The Proximity of this Ridge Axis and the Approach of a Cold from the Northwest Will Bing Light Southheast Winds Across the Area Beginning Tuesday and for Nighttime Land and Dayime SEA BREZES by Wednesday.
A shortWave TRIGH Will Dive Southeastward Download the Island Chain Wednesday Night Through Thursday Night Weakness and Moving Of the East Fried. The Most Favorable Upper -Level Dynamics Associated with the Orientation of the ShortWave TRIGH, The Coolest Tempics Aloft (500 MB Around -12C), and the Deepest Atmosphere Moisture (Precipitable Water Around 1.6 Inhes) All Seem to Line Up Best on Thursday and Frdyay. As, Heavy Showers and a Slight Chance of Thunderstorms Have Been Added to the Forecast Across the State for Thursday and FRIIY (More of the Focus Will Be On Big Island Fricay).
Light Winds Will control into Pattern Which Will Tend to Focus Showers Over Western Slipes of Each Island. Gentle to Moderate Trades Will Move in Around Sunday or Early Next Week.
Aviation
Moderate to Breezy Trade Will Will GradoLly Ease Tonight and Tuesday. Airmet Tango for Turbulence Below 8000 Fet Over and Download of Terrain Remains in Effect. Conditions are Borderline, and the Airmet Will Likely Be Dropled Overnight. The Trades Will Produce Brief Periods of MVFR CONDITIONS Over Windward Terrain, and Aside from Spotty Education and Eventing Showers on LEWARD SLOPES of the Big Island, VFR Will Prevail Across Leeard Areas. A MID-Level Ridge Will MainTain Overall Stable Conditions, Though a Lininging Weak Upper-Level TRIGHER May TRIGGGER An is separator
Marine
High Pressure Center Far Northeast of the State Will MainTain Moderate to Localyly Strong East to Southheressly Winds Throw Tonight. A Small Craft Advisory (SCA) Remains in Effect Through 6 AM Tuesday for the Eastern Half Marine Zones. The sca is to make the account for the type Windier Waters Surrounding Maui Counter and Big island with this east Southheast Flow Pattern. Winds Will Begin to Weaken Tuesday. BREEZES Will Transition to Light and Variable Across More Western Water Later in the Week, While Staying Gentle to Moderate East Southheast Across the State’s Eastern Waters. This will be in Response to the Approach and Eventonal Stalling of a Front Northwest of the Islands Later This Week.
A Small to Moderate Size, Medium Period Northwest Swell is Filting Around Kauai and OAHU Toys. Nearshore Buays Are Observing a 4 to 6 Foot Swell Peaking in the 14 to 16 Second Bands This afternoon. This Swell Will Result in SlightY Over Head to Double Head High Surf with the Highhest Sets Along Many North and West-Facing Shores Through The Early Tuesday MORINING HOURS. The Swell Will Decline from Tuesday Morning IDONESDAY. A Larger Moderate Size North Northwest Swell Will Arrive Thursday. If this Swell Comes in as Guidance is Currently Suggesting, Surf Will Achieve High Surf Advisory Heights Along Many of the North and West-Facing Shores of the Smaller Islands Thursday Night and Fried.
East-Facing Shore Surf Will Remain Somewhat Rough Tonight Due to Recent Strong East Trades Over and UPSTREAM of the Islands. As Winds Fall Off in the Coming Days, Responding East Chop Will Signically Drop OFF.
Surf Along South-Facing Shores Will Remain Small and Mostly at Background Levels Through Thursday. A series of Small Overlapping South Swells Cououl Increase Surf Up to Season Levels from Friday Through the Weekend.
HFO Watches/Warnings/Advisories
Small Craft Advisory Until 6 AM HST Tuesday For Kaiwi Channel, Maui County Windward Waters, MauI Counter Leeard Waters, Maalaea Bay, Pailolo Channel, Alenuihahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahanaell, Big Island Windward Waters, Big Island Leend Water, Big Island Southheast Waters.
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Data Courtesy of Noa.gov
