Puuwai RanchS2238
At a soil climate station/7.4 mi away/2,830 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM, the chance peaking at 60% around 10 PM.
Now. Laupāhoehoe Beach Park is 69° and partly cloudy at 12 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the east at 10 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 57° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 5 AM, with some cloud. 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 68° all week. Rain is possible tomorrow (39%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:45 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 day is 11 hours 42 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 PM in Laupāhoehoe Beach Park, Hawaii.
Air quality
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Hilo (HI), 21 miles off.
Yesterday measured 12, good.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing NNE 22°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The surf zone forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast.
Big Island Windward and Southeast. Issued 8:45 AM HST Fri Oct 16.
| Shore | Today | Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 2-4 | 4-6 | 7-10 | 5-7 |
| East Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 4-6 | 4-6 |
| South Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
| Forecast | Rest of today | Tonight | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weather | Partly sunny. Scattered showers | Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers | Mostly cloudy until 12 PM, then mostly sunny. Numerous showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | - | In the lower 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the upper 60s | - |
| Winds | North winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon | Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph | Northeast winds around 10 mph |
| Sunrise | 6:15 AM HST | - | 6:15 AM HST |
| Sunset | 5:57 PM HST | - | 5:56 PM HST |
| Tides | Hilo BayHigh 2.2 ft, 7:09 AM | Hilo BayLow 0.5 ft, 11:40 PM | Hilo BayHigh 2.1 ft, 8:35 AM |
The 7 instruments nearest Laupāhoehoe Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Puuwai RanchS2238
At a soil climate station/7.4 mi away/2,830 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.1 mi away/306 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
HakalauHKUH1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/6,395 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/22.7 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hilo 5 S21515
At a climate reference station/26.6 mi away/622 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Laupahoehoe 0.7 NHI-HI-84
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/405 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PaauiloPUIH1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/357 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
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.