Kukuihaele ScanKXAH1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/947 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Waipio Beach is 71° and partly cloudy at 6 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. Highs stay close to 79° all week. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:47 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 42 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 PM in Waipio Beach, Hawaii.
Air quality
Index 4, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Waikoloa (HI), 18 miles off.
Yesterday measured 13, good.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing NNW 345°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The surf zone forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast.
Big Island Windward and Southeast. Issued 3:11 PM HST Fri Oct 16.
| Shore | Tonight | Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 4-6 | 7-10 | 7-10 | 5-7 |
| East Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
| South Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
| Forecast | Tonight | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Occasional showers | Partly sunny. Scattered showers |
| High temperature | - | In the lower 80s |
| Low temperature | In the lower 70s | - |
| Winds | East winds 10 to 15 mph | Northeast winds around 10 mph |
| Sunrise | - | 6:15 AM HST |
| Sunset | - | 5:56 PM HST |
| Tides | Hilo BayLow 0.5 ft, 11:40 PM | Hilo BayHigh 2.1 ft, 8:35 AM |
The 6 instruments nearest Waipio Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Kukuihaele ScanKXAH1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/947 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
KukuihaeleS2097
At a soil climate station/5.3 mi away/947 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/24.9 mi away/6,191 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.4 mi away/306 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Honokaa 7.5 WNWHI-HI-100
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/859 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Puukapu HomesteadPHOH1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/3,138 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.