Puʻuwai Beach, Hawaii

Now. Puʻuwai Beach is 72° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 8 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 72° by 2 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 84° all week. The days ahead look dry.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 11:01 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. 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 39 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.