Maui weather forecast for October 13, 2024: Maui now

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West side

Today: Mostly sunny. Airy. Scattered showers in the morning. Highs: 79 to 86. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Tonight: Partly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy. Airy. Lows: 68 to 75. East winds 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to 15 mph after midnight.

Columbus Day: Partly sunny with a few showers. Highs: 80 to 87. East wind gusting to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

South side

Today: Sunny and breezy. Highs around 88. North winds up to 20 mph, shifting northeast at 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows 67 to 76. North winds up to 15 mph.

Columbus Day: Mostly sunny. Highs around 89. North winds up to 15 mph.

North bank

Today: Airy. Partly sunny with a few showers in the morning, then mostly sunny with a few showers in the afternoon. Highs range from 79 to 84 near the coast and around 66 near 5,000 feet. East winds gusting up to 20 miles per hour. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a few showers. Lows range from around 71 near the coast to around 52 near 5,000 feet. Southeast winds gusting up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Columbus Day: Mostly cloudy. Airy. Showers in the morning, isolated showers in the afternoon. Highs will be between 80 and 85 degrees near the coast and around 69 degrees near 5,000 feet. East winds gusting up to 20 miles per hour. Chance of rain 80 percent.

Central Maui

Today: Mostly sunny. Airy. Highs: 81 to 88. Northeast winds up to 20 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Partly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy. Airy. Lows: 68 to 73. East winds 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to 15 mph after midnight.

Columbus Day: Partly sunny with a few showers in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs: 83 to 90. East wind gusting to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Inland

Today: Mostly sunny. Highs around 63°C in the visitor center to around 70°C at the summit. East wind with a speed of up to 24 km/h.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Airy. Scattered showers after midnight. Low temperatures are around 49°C at the visitor center and around 46°C at the summit. East winds up to 20 mph increasing to 10 to 25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Columbus Day: Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny. Airy. Scattered showers. Highs around 65 at the visitor center to around 68 at the summit. East winds gusting up to 25 miles per hour. Chance of rain 50 percent.

East Maui

Today: Airy. Partly sunny with a few showers in the morning, then mostly sunny with a few showers in the afternoon. Highs range from 79 to 84 near the coast and around 66 near 5,000 feet. East winds gusting up to 20 miles per hour. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a few showers. Lows range from around 71 near the coast to around 52 near 5,000 feet. Southeast winds gusting up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Columbus Day: Mostly cloudy. Airy. Showers in the morning, isolated showers in the afternoon. Highs will be between 80 and 85 degrees near the coast and around 69 degrees near 5,000 feet. East winds gusting up to 20 miles per hour. Chance of rain 80 percent.

Lanai City

Today: Mostly sunny. Airy. Highs: 73 to 82. Northeast winds up to 20 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a few showers in the evening, becoming partly cloudy after midnight. Lows 63 to 68. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Columbus Day: Mostly sunny in the morning, mostly cloudy with a few showers in the afternoon. Highs: 74 to 82. An easterly wind will be blowing up to 10 mph in the morning, becoming light. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Kaunakakai

Today: Mostly sunny. Highs 71 to 90. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy. Lows 59 to 75. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

Columbus Day: Partly sunny. Scattered showers in the morning. Highs: 71 to 91. East winds up to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Summary

Expect the moderate trade winds to continue through Monday and then strengthen into the moderate to locally windy range beginning Monday night as the subtropical ridge strengthens north of the island. Shower activity will increase tonight through Monday as a weak low moves west across the state. There will be another brief increase in showers from Thursday to Saturday as another weak disturbance spreads along the island chain.

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This morning’s satellite image shows some enhanced low clouds forming along an easterly wave about 250 miles east of Hilo, being carried by the trade winds. Expect shower activity to increase over the Eastern Isles during the evening and then across the Western Isles on Monday morning. The highest amount of rain showers occurs over the windward and mountain slopes during the night to early morning hours. A few bands of high cirrus clouds are also moving across the state today.
The latest model forecasts continue to show a weak subtropical ridge north of the Hawaiian Islands, producing moderate trade winds across the region through early Monday. A hybrid pattern of trade winds and sea breezes will continue over the next two days. Areas of sea breeze will develop along the sheltered western slopes of each island.
On Monday night, the mountain ridge in the north of the state will strengthen slightly, producing moderate to locally windy trade winds throughout the Hawaii region through Thursday. Clouds and showers will move in throughout the week, particularly in windward and mountainous areas, especially overnight into the early hours of the morning. Another trough in the easterly trade winds and a weak upper-level low could lead to another brief increase in shower activity near the Big Island beginning Thursday morning and then slowly spreading to the Western Islands Friday through Saturday.

aviation

Light to moderate trades are expected over the next few days. ISOL SHRA should favor windward and mauka locations. Sea breezes could bring some ISOL SHRA into leeward areas, with land breezes blowing at night. Brief MVFR conditions are expected in any SHRA, but VFR should generally prevail.
There are no AIRMETs in force.

marine

A cold front north of the islands will create a weaker pressure gradient upstream and this will result in persistent weak to moderate trade winds into early Monday. As the front passes northeast of the state over the next few days, high pressure will re-build over the eastern Pacific. Trading will respond by increasing again to more moderate to locally strong levels across the board by early Tuesday. A small craft warning may be required for the notoriously windy bays and channels in the east of the island until early Tuesday. Trade will slow somewhat toward the end of the week as the next cold front pushes the state’s far northeast closer to the islands and weakens the pressure gradient.
A small, strengthening mid-period swell to the north (350 degrees) that took hold yesterday will produce high chest-to-head surf across the north shore throughout the day. The arrival of a larger, medium to long duration northerly swell (350 degrees) this evening into early Monday morning will result in advisory level surf along the north facing coast. This swell and resulting surf will peak on Monday evening and then slowly decrease until midweek. The recent small, long-lasting southerly swell (180 degrees) will ease throughout the day, as will the near waist-high surf on the south coast. Surf along the west coast will remain elevated and increase through tomorrow due to the influence of the northerly swell. Eastward coastal wind waves will remain relatively low under this recent weaker trading regime. In response to the strengthening of trade, the eastern economy will recover by Tuesday.

HFO Watches/Warnings/Advisories

High Surf Advisory from 6:00 a.m. Monday to 6:00 p.m. HST Tuesday for the North Shore of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Big Island.

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