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Kailua Kona, Hawaii

Current Conditions

Temp: 78°

Dew Point: 64°

Humidity: 62%

Wind: SSE 12 mph

Visibility: 10.0 miles

Pressure: 29.96 in. 0

Sky: Clear

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Almanac

Average High: 84°

Average Low: 69°

Record high/year: 90° (1976)

Record low/year: 64° (1970)

Sunrise: 6:09 AM

Sunset: 6:33 PM

Detailed History

Sun and Moon

Sunrise: 06:09 AM (HST)

Moon Rise: 01:12 PM (HST)

Sunset: 06:33 PM (HST)

Moon Set: No Moon Set

Moon Phase

Today

Sep. 15

Sep. 22

Sep. 29

Oct. 07

Local Radar

Local Satellite

Next 12 Hours

9 am

12 pm

3 pm

6 pm

9 pm

Clear

Rain Showers

81°

85°

83°

81°

77°

Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database

5-Day Forecast

Sunday

Hi 85° Lo 70° Partly Cloudy

Monday

Hi 85° Lo 70° Partly Cloudy

Tuesday

Hi 85° Lo 68° Partly Cloudy

Wednesday

Hi 85° Lo 70° Partly Cloudy

Thursday

Hi 85° Lo 70° Partly Cloudy

Forecast for Kona

Updated: 3:30 am HST on September 7, 2008

High surf advisory in effect until 6 PM HST this afternoon...

Today

Sunny in the morning...then mostly cloudy with isolated showers in the afternoon. Haze through the day. Highs around 85 at the shore to 70 to 76 at 5000 feet. East winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west around 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Tonight

Mostly cloudy with isolated showers in the evening... then mostly clear after midnight. Haze through the night. Lows around 74 at the shore to around 56 at 5000 feet. East winds up to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Monday

Sunny in the morning...then mostly cloudy with isolated showers in the afternoon. Haze through the day. Highs around 86 at the shore to around 73 at 5000 feet. East winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west around 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Haze. Lows 54 to 74. East winds up to 10 mph.

Tuesday

Sunny in the morning...then mostly cloudy with isolated showers in the afternoon. Haze through the day. Highs 71 to 87. East winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west in the late morning and afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear. Haze. Lows 52 to 73. Light winds.

Wednesday

Sunny in the morning...then cloudy with isolated showers in the afternoon. Haze through the day. Highs 71 to 87. Light winds becoming west up to 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Wednesday Night

Mostly clear. Haze. Lows 51 to 73. East winds up to 10 mph.

Thursday

Thursday Night

Mostly clear. Haze. Lows 54 to 75. East winds up to 10 mph.

Friday

Friday Night

Mostly clear. Haze. Lows 54 to 74. East winds up to 10 mph.

Saturday

Sunny in the morning...then mostly cloudy with isolated showers in the afternoon. Haze through the day. Highs 71 to 87. East winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west around 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Personal Weather Stations

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Location: Kailua Kona - W6IT, Kailua Kona, HI

Updated: 8:31 AM HST

Temperature: 76.7 °F

Dew Point: 64 °F

Humidity: 65%

Wind: SSE at 2.0 mph

Pressure: 29.28 in

Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in

Heat Index: 79 °F

Historical Graphs

Location: Mauna Lani Resort, Kamuela, HI

Updated: 8:26 AM HST

Temperature: 82.2 °F

Dew Point: 63 °F

Humidity: 53%

Wind: East at 10.0 mph

Pressure: 29.91 in

Hourly Precipitation: -

Heat Index: 83 °F

Historical Graphs

Location: Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, HI

Updated: 8:30 AM HST

Temperature: 75.8 °F

Dew Point: 62 °F

Humidity: 62%

Wind: ENE at 13.0 mph

Pressure: 29.90 in

Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in

Heat Index: 78 °F

Historical Graphs

MSN Maps of:
Temperature	Dew Point	Humidity	Wind	Pressure	Hourly Precipitation	-

NWS Forecaster Discussion

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Area forecast discussion
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
400 am HST sun Sep 7 2008

Synopsis...
light to moderate trade winds will diminish from Monday Onward. The
stable atmosphere over the islands will limit windward rainfall...
but Lee areas may experience increased clouds and a few showers.

Discussion...
overnight trade showers brought light rainfall amounts to mainly
windward and Mauka locations. Kauai appeared to get the most shower
activity...but even there most gages only reported between .05 and
15 of an inch.

The ridge north of the state will remain in place today and Monday.
Light to moderate trades with scattered windward and mountain
showers are in the forecast for the period. On Tuesday and Wednesday
the ridge weakens and pulls north which weakens the gradient at our
latitude. The resulting light trades on Tuesday will battle with
the seabreeze for a hot and humid day in metropolitan Honolulu. The trades
appear to weaken further on Wednesday for well developed daytime
seabreezes on Wednesday. Upper level ridging and subsidence is
expected to keep any showers on the light side through midweek.

For the end of next week...the models have backed off on bringing
moisture up from the southeast and now maintain a due easterly flow
across the state. The forecast pop and quantitative precipitation forecast reflects a persistence
forecast of slightly below climatology through the end of the week.

Marine...
the large south swell will lower slowly today...but will remain at
or above high surf advisory heights. Therefore...a high surf
advisory for south-facing shores will remain in effect through
today. A new south southeast swell will arrive tonight and Monday.
This is expected to bring near advisory level surf to south shores
on Monday and Tuesday. Will wait to see daytime observation and buoy data
requires an extension of the advisory.

Hfo watches/warnings/advisories...
high surf advisory until 6 PM HST today for south facing shores.

Brenchley

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