A light trade wind pattern will continue through Sunday as a weakening cold front approaches Kauai from the west. Local scale onshore seabreezes will form over all islands due to the lack of large scale winds. The eastward movement of this front will stall out near Kauai on Sunday and Monday as the front dissipates over the western islands. Expect increasing clouds and periods of showers over Kauai and Niihau during this time period. East to southeast winds will continue through much of next week with moderate to locally breezy trade winds are forecast to develop across the Hawaii region with limited shower activity will last through the end of next week.
Light to moderate east to east-southeast winds will prevail over the islands as a front approaches from the west. The winds will be light enough to allow land breezes through the night and daytime sea breezes. Rather dry conditions will persist, with light showers limited primarily to windward areas.
No AIRMETs are in effect and none are expected through the forecast period.
Moderate to locally fresh east to southeast winds will continue through the weekend as a cold front stalls and diminishes near the western end of the state. This will allow localized land and sea breeze conditions to develop near sheltered coasts over the weekend, particularly over Kauai and Oahu. Fresh to strong easterly trades will return early next week as the surface ridge strengthens to the north.
Surf along north- and west-facing shores will trend up Saturday as a fresh west-northwest swell arrives from a broad gale that was located south of the Aleutians near the Date Line. This swell will peak early next week before gradually lowering into midweek.
Surf along exposed east-facing shores will ease into Saturday, then trend up slightly by Sunday as a fresh, short- to medium- period northeast swell from a gale centered around 1200 nautical miles northeast of the state arrives. Short-period and choppy conditions are expected to return by midweek as fresh trade winds redevelop and expand upstream of the state.
Surf along south-facing shores will remain near the seasonal average into March.
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