First Alert: Periods of heavy rain especially for Hawaii Island and Maui

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – It is a First Alert Weather Day for the Big Island and Maui County — and windward neighborhoods are seeing more passing showers. A plume of tropical moisture will bring the potential for locally heavy rain and a few thunderstorms through Tuesday, particularly over Maui and the Big Island. A cold front will approach the islands and progress part-way through the state on Wednesday into Thursday morning, then stall and dissipate as a new high builds to its north. This will bring a period of wet trades and breezy to locally windy conditions to the islands later this week into the weekend.
Overall, a wetter trade wind pattern will be taking over.
A moderate-sized NNW swell will gradually subside through Wednesday, but continue to produce high surf today. A relatively short period NNW swell is expected Thursday, peaking below High Surf Advisory heights. A longer period NW swell is expected Friday and Saturday, potentially reaching advisory levels, with an even larger swell possible Sunday and Monday. Short-period wind waves will increase from the NE as high pressure builds far N of the islands after mid-week.
Wishing you blue skies and much aloha.
Wishing you blue skies and much aloha.
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