WaimeaPERH1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.4 mi away/80 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Kaunaʻoa Beach is 82° and clear at 8 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the east at 11 mph, gusting to 27 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 76° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 10, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 87° all week. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:48 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 42 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 AM in Kaunaʻoa Beach, Hawaii.
Air quality
Index 3, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Waikoloa (HI), 4 miles off.
Yesterday measured 13, good.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing SW 225°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The surf zone forecast for Big Island Leeward.
Big Island Leeward. Issued 3:40 AM HST Fri Oct 16.
| Shore | Today | Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| West Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| South Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weather | Mostly sunny. Isolated showers | Mostly clear | Sunny. Isolated showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 80s | - | In the mid 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the lower 70s | - |
| Winds | South winds around 5 mph, becoming west in the afternoon | Southwest winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight | Southwest winds around 5 mph |
| Sunrise | 6:19 AM HST | - | 6:19 AM HST |
| Sunset | 6:01 PM HST | - | 6:00 PM HST |
| Tides | KonaHigh 1.8 ft, 7:47 AMKawaihaeHigh 2.1 ft, 7:51 AMLow 0.6 ft, 4:02 PM | KonaLow 0.3 ft, 12:17 AMKawaihaeHigh 0.7 ft, 7:01 PMLow 0.5 ft, 12:30 AM | KonaHigh 1.7 ft, 9:13 AMKawaihaeHigh 2.0 ft, 9:00 AMLow 0.6 ft, 5:45 PM |
The 6 instruments nearest Kaunaʻoa Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
WaimeaPERH1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.4 mi away/80 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Waimea PlainS2099
At a soil climate station/14.7 mi away/3,039 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/23.3 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mauna Loa 5 NNE21514
At a climate reference station/36.7 mi away/11,179 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Puukohola Heiau 6WPKHH1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/-34 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Waikoloa Village 2.7 ENEHI-HI-47
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/870 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
-
Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.