At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/988 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Mahana Beach until 6 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mahana Beach is 69° and partly cloudy at 5 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. Highs stay close to 74° all week. Rain is possible tomorrow (39%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:57 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 44 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 PM in Mahana Beach, Hawaii.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Naalehu (HI), 9 miles off.
Yesterday measured 26, good.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SE 140°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The surf zone forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast.
Big Island Windward and Southeast. Issued 3:02 PM HST Thu Oct 15.
| Shore | Tonight | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 6-8 | 8-12 |
| East Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 4-6 | 4-6 |
| South Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 3-5 |
| Forecast | Tonight | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers | Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers |
| High temperature | - | In the lower 80s |
| Low temperature | In the lower 70s | - |
| Winds | Northeast winds around 10 mph | Northeast winds around 10 mph |
| Sunrise | - | 6:15 AM HST |
| Sunset | - | 5:57 PM HST |
| Tides | Hilo BayHigh 1.2 ft, 4:14 PMLow 0.3 ft, 11:01 PM | Hilo BayHigh 2.2 ft, 7:09 AM |
The 3 instruments nearest Mahana Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/988 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Naalehu 4.7 WSWHI-HI-57
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/1,294 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NaalehuNAAH1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/993 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.