Weather

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The recent stagnant, relatively dry pattern under weakened trade flow will persist through the holiday weekend.

Surface high pressure far northeast of the islands will weaken in response to eastern Pacific troughing. This will maintain light to gentle east trade winds through the week. Upper level ridging over the islands, along with easterly dry air, will ensure continued mainly clear to partly cloudy skies, warmer conditions with little to no statewide rainfall.

Shower behavior that produces any measurable rainfall will generally focus along windward slopes primarily during the nocturnal hours.

Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM HST Thursday for Maalaea Bay, Pailolo Channel, Alenuihaha Channel, Big Island Leeward Waters, Big Island Southeast Waters.

No significant south swells are expected during the forecast period. However, a series of small south-southwest and southeast swells will keep south facing shores from going flat.

Flat to tiny surf conditions will continue along north and west facing shores through most of the week. East shore surf will be close to seasonal levels through late this week as fresh to strong east northeast trades persist over and upstream of the islands.

A fetch of strong northeast winds well off the California coast should bring a small, medium period, northeast swell Saturday into early next week. Some of this swell should wrap into select north facing exposures as well.