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Marine Weather and Tides Hilo, HI Version 3.4

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Sunrise 6:45AM

Sunset 5:45PM

Sunday December 15, 2019 11:18 PM HST (09:18 UTC)

Moonrise 9:32PM

Moonset 10:04AM

Illumination 78%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Hilo, HI

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FXHW60 PHFO 160643 AFDHFO

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Honolulu HI 843 PM HST Sun Dec 15 2019

SYNOPSIS. The weather story this week remains tied to variations in the strength of the trade winds. Several progressive high pressure centers are rolling through the Central Pacific north of the Hawaiian Islands. Moderate trades on Monday will become breezy on Tuesday, before returning to more moderate speeds on Wednesday and Thursday. Cool and windy weather conditions are forecast from Thursday night into next weekend. Trade wind showers will prevail through Saturday favoring windward and mountain slopes in the overnight to early morning time periods.

DISCUSSION. The satellite view of the region shows a rapidly weakening cold front roughly 300 miles north of Kauai. The southern movement on this front will stall north of the island chain. As the front passes to the east cloud bands may break apart and drift over the state later this week. East of the islands unstable clouds are drifting through the trade wind flow. These clouds will produce periods of showers mainly affecting the typical windward and mountain areas enhanced during the typical overnight and early morning time periods. A few high cirrus clouds are also shown near the Big Island, these ice crystal clouds are associated with a lingering subtropical jet stream in the upper atmosphere.

Looking at the large scale view of the weather picture this evening we see two main high pressure centers over the North Pacific basin, roughly 1000 miles northwest and northeast of the state respectively with a cold front in the middle. These large scale pressure systems will move quickly from west to east across the Pacific this week changing local area pressure gradients and in turn producing variations in trade wind speeds each day. Expect trade wind speeds to become breezy on Monday as the cold front north of the island weakens and higher pressure builds in from the west. Trades become breezy to windy on Tuesday, returning to more moderate speed on Wednesday and Thursday, as the high center passes by and then drifts eastward away from the islands. By Thursday another weak cold front will linger 300 to 400 miles north of Kauai.

Trade winds will strengthen rapidly from Thursday night into Friday as an anomalously strong high pressure center rips across the Pacific Region. The global models continue to show another interesting weather development south of this high as a deepening cut off low pressure system gets caught up south of the ridge axis approaching the state from the west. Strong trade winds are expected to develop across all islands from Friday into Saturday with the subsidence aloft enhancing the wind speeds at the surface. Wind advisories are not out of the question with this developing weather pattern.

Weather outlook Sunday through Tuesday . The deepening cut off low approaching the islands from the west has the potential to produce heavy rainfall with thunderstorms over the islands in the extended outlook range of the forecast. However, as expected, global American and European models are both showing a variety of precipitation solutions this far out in the forecast ether. Island by island weather impacts and timing will have to wait until the time period gets closer. Please continue to monitor the weather forecasts for this seven to nine day weather outlook as forecast impacts will evolve over time.

AVIATION. Strengthening trade winds expected over the next twenty-four hours as a high pressure system north of Hawaii settles to the northeast of the area. Trade wind flow will focus incoming low clouds and showers along windward slopes and coasts. A 6000 ft inversion aloft will inhibit shower shower activity. No AIRMETs for mountain obscuration are in effect or anticipated at this time.

AIRMET Tango for leeward mountain turbulence will likely become necessary late tonight or Monday due to the strengthening trade wind flow.

MARINE. High pressure building north of the state will bring an increase in trade winds tonight, and very strong trades Monday through Tuesday night. Winds may reach gale force Monday night into Tuesday across the Alenuihaha Channel and waters south of the Big Island, therefore a Gale Watch is in effect for these waters. Winds are expected to trend down Wednesday into Thursday, but a new and stronger high building north of state will lead to another round of blasting trades towards the end of the week into the weekend. Gale force winds are likely for the typical windy areas around Maui County and the Big Island Friday into Saturday. Strong winds will likely continue across the marine area through the remainder of the upcoming weekend. The combination of strong trade winds and large northwest swells will bring widespread Small Craft Advisory conditions through most of the week.

Forerunners from a large northwest swell will begin to fill in late tonight, with the swell steadily building through the day Monday. Surf is expected to reach high end advisory levels along north and west facing shores exposed to the swell Monday night as the swell peaks. This swell will lower Tuesday though Wednesday, with another northwest swell expected to steadily build Wednesday and Wednesday night, and peaking near advisory levels on Thursday. This swell will then gradually lower Friday through the weekend while shifting to a more northerly direction.

With the expected boost in trades, surf along east facing shores will be on the rise this week. Surf may approach High Surf Advisory (HSA) levels Monday night through Tuesday night, but most likely will remain just below HSA thresholds. Stronger trades late in the work week, will likely result in surf reaching advisory criteria along east facing shores Friday through the upcoming weekend. Very rough and choppy conditions are expected across the waters through most of the week.

HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. Gale Watch from Monday evening through Tuesday afternoon for Alenuihaha Channel-Big Island Leeward Waters-Big Island Southeast Waters.

Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM HST Monday for Alenuihaha Channel-Big Island Leeward Waters-Big Island Southeast Waters.

Small Craft Advisory from 6 AM Monday to 7 PM HST Wednesday for Kauai Northwest Waters-Kauai Windward Waters-Kauai Leeward Waters-Kauai Channel-Oahu Windward Waters-Oahu Leeward Waters- Kaiwi Channel-Maui County Windward Waters-Maui County Leeward Waters-Big Island Windward Waters.

Small Craft Advisory until 7 PM HST Wednesday for Maalaea Bay- Pailolo Channel.



DISCUSSION . Bohlin AVIATION . Bedal MARINE . Jelsema

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
ILOH1 - 1617760 - Hilo, HI	1 mi	48 min	WNW 8 G 9.9	71°F	80°F		1016.1 hPa
51206	7 mi	32 min			79°F	10 ft
KWHH1	45 mi	54 min	NNE 1.9 G 5.1	77°F	81°F		1014.5 hPa

Wind History for Hilo, Hilo Bay, Kuhio Bay, HI

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Hilo, Hilo International Airport, HI	1 mi	25 min	W 8	6.00 mi	Light Rain Fog/Mist	71°F	66°F	87%	1016.2 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaii

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Tide / Current Tables for Kawaihae, Big Island, Hawaii (2)

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Wind Forecast for (4,6,7,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Kohala, HI

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