At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/988 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Waiʻahukini Beach is 65° and partly cloudy at 8 PM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 16 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 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and sets at 9:57 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 44 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Waiʻahukini Beach, Hawaii.
Air quality
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Naalehu (HI), 11 miles off.
Yesterday measured 26, good.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SSW 202°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The surf zone forecast for Big Island Leeward.
Big Island Leeward. Issued 3:02 PM HST Thu Oct 15.
| Shore | Tonight | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| West Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
| South Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 3-5 |
| Forecast | Tonight | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | Partly cloudy. Isolated showers | Mostly sunny. Isolated showers |
| High temperature | - | In the upper 80s |
| Low temperature | In the lower 70s | - |
| Winds | West winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast | Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon |
| Sunrise | - | 6:19 AM HST |
| Sunset | - | 6:01 PM HST |
| Tides | KonaHigh 1.0 ft, 4:52 PMLow 0.2 ft, 11:38 PMKawaihaeHigh 0.8 ft, 6:11 PMLow 0.3 ft, 11:50 PM | KonaHigh 1.8 ft, 7:47 AMKawaihaeHigh 2.1 ft, 7:51 AMLow 0.6 ft, 4:02 PM |
The 3 instruments nearest Waiʻahukini Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 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/7.7 mi away/1,294 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NaalehuNAAH1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 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.