Kukuihaele ScanKXAH1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/947 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Waipio Beach is 67° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 65° 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 79° all week. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:47 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Waipio Beach, Hawaii.
Air quality
Index 6, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Waikoloa (HI), 18 miles off.
Yesterday measured 13, good.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing NNW 345°
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 6 instruments nearest Waipio Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Kukuihaele ScanKXAH1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/947 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
KukuihaeleS2097
At a soil climate station/5.3 mi away/947 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/24.9 mi away/6,191 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.4 mi away/306 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Honokaa 7.5 WNWHI-HI-100
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/859 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Puukapu HomesteadPHOH1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/3,138 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.