SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THE
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE
ANCHORED NORTH OF THE ISLANDS
AND PATCHY LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS
MOVING THROUGH FROM
EAST TO WEST. WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWED AN UPPER RIDGE
ORIENTED FROM EAST TO
WEST OVER THE REGION AND PLENTY
OF DRY MIDDLE- TO UPPER-LEVEL
AIR. THE AFTERNOON
SOUNDINGS AT HILO AND LIHUE
REFLECTED THIS AND DEPICTED DRY
AND STABLE PROFILES WITH
PWS RANGING FROM 0.86-1.35
INCHES. DEWPOINTS DROPPED INTO
THE UPPER 50S TO
LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH
LED TO RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
REACHING THE UPPER 30S
FOR SOME LOCATIONS. SHOWERS HAVE
BEEN SPARSE WITH LITTLE TO NO
ACCUMULATIONS OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. PEAK
ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE PAST 5
DAYS HAVE BEEN MEASURED
OVER THE LEEWARD AREAS OF THE
BIG ISLAND AND WINDWARD KAUAI,
WITH TOTALS RANGING
FROM 1-2.33 INCHES. ELSEWHERE,
5-DAY RAINFALL TOTALS RECORDED
HAVE BEEN
HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS.
GUIDANCE HAS INITIALIZED WELL
WITH THE CURRENT PATTERN AND
DEPICTS THE STABLE AND DRY
CONDITIONS CONTINUING INTO THE
UPCOMING WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE
REMAINS IN PLACE.
DEWPOINTS MAY SLIGHTLY TREND UP
BY MONDAY, BUT SHOWER COVERAGE
IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
LIMITED. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS WILL BE THROUGH THE LATE
NIGHT AND EARLY
MORNING HOURS OVER WINDWARD AND
MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE EXCEPTION
WILL BE OVER
THE LEEWARD AREAS OF THE BIG
ISLAND DUE TO AFTERNOON CLOUDS
AND SHOWERS DRIVEN BY THE
DAILY SEA BREEZES. TRADE WINDS
ARE FORECAST TO EASE INTO THE
LIGHT TO MODERATE
SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AS HIGH
PRESSURE
WEAKENS TO THE NORTH.
FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG TRADE
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. WINDS
WILL BECOME MODERATE WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY AND GRADUALLY
STRENGTHEN
INTO NEXT WEEKEND. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS POSTED FOR
THE TYPICAL WINDY COASTAL ZONES
THROUGH TUESDAY, WITH THE
BEGINNING
SUNDAY MORNING. BREEZY WINDS
WILL BOOST SURF ALONG EAST
FACING SHORES OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE DROPPING BY
MIDWEEK. A SMALL, SHORT PERIOD
NORTHWEST
SWELL WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY. SMALL, MODERATE
PERIOD SWELLS OUT OF THE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING
SURF TO SOUTH FACING SHORES THIS
WEEK. A SMALL, LONGER PERIOD
SOUTH SWELL WILL BUILD
IN AROUND FRIDAY AND CONTINUE
INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
NANAKULI'S MAKI PITOLO IS BACK
IT'S HIS 3RD FIGHT IN AS MANY
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