LIHUE — Multiple weather systems in the Central Pacific will likely impact the state starting this weekend. Rain and high surf could last into next week, the National Weather Service said on Friday, although Kauai isn’t expect to feel the
LIHUE — Multiple weather systems in the Central Pacific will likely impact the state starting this weekend.
Rain and high surf could last into next week, the National Weather Service said on Friday, although Kauai isn’t expect to feel the impact the other islands are expected to.
An area of moisture located to the west-southwest of Hawaii Island is expected to bring heavy rainfall beginning tonight and lasting through Sunday. Hawaii Island and Maui County will feel the majority of the effects, while Oahu and Kauai are not likely to see much rainfall from this particular event. In addition, all islands will experience high surf due to a north-northeast swell, with 10-20 foot surf on north-facing shores and 5-10 foot surf on east-facing shores.
Further out, NWS is also monitoring two tropical depressions below the state. TD 98-C is likely to drift west-northwest and cross into the Western Pacific early next week with no threat to the islands. However, TD 97-C is located 500 miles south of Hilo in an area where conditions are favorable for system organization over the weekend.
Forecasters warn of high uncertainty at this stage, but models show TD 97-C moving slowly to the north-northwest until Monday, and then curving sharply toward the east on Tuesday. This expected change in track will route the system on a northeasterly path toward the state. There is potential for heavy rainfall and high surf, but it is too early to predict the extent of those effects.
