Tropical Storm Nolo will gradually accelerate westward away from the state over the next several days. Elevated moisture content being drawn up in the southeast flow will maintain a wetter pattern for Hawaii through the end of the week. Then drier trades are expected to return over the weekend.
Moderate southeast winds will continue today and tonight across the state as Tropical Storm Nolo moves away. Showers loosely associated with Nolo will continue to track over Kauai and Oahu today with MVFR conditions likely through the day. Maui County and Big Island will also see occasional clouds and showers through the day.
AIRMET Sierra for mountain obscuration above 2000 feet is in effect for all portions of the smaller islands. This AIRMET will likely continue through today for Kauai and Oahu, and dropped later this morning for Molokai, Maui and possibly Lanai.
Moderate southeasterly winds will prevail across the region through Friday as Tropical Storm Nolo continues to slowly drift westward away from the Hawaiian Islands. Gentle to fresh east to northeast trades will fill back in across the waters this weekend.
The moderate, short to medium period west to southwest swell originating from Nolo will continue for Niihau and Kauai through Friday night. Additionally, a small background south swell continues for other islands. The next small, long period south swell energy will arrive from Sunday afternoon, peaking on Monday, and then slowly decreasing through Wednesday.
Surf along other shores will remain small until moderate trades return by Saturday, providing a slight boost to east facing shores. Multiple rounds of tiny northwest swell energy will reach north and west facing shores late this week into early next week as the storms tracking near the Aleutian Islands become increasingly active.
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