Puna Weather
Thursday 15th January 2026
This morning decreasing southeast winds and isolated showers, mostly south of Hilo.
This afternoon and tonight moderate to breezy north winds with scattered showers, some of which could be briefly heavy at times.
Friday through Sunday moderate northeast trade winds with widely scattered showers, mostly during the night and early morning hours.
Yesterday saw strong southerly winds in advance of a front approaching from the northwest (satellite animation). The front passes over us early this afternoon turning winds to northerly. Moisture and dynamics associated with front will bring some showers, but they are not expected to last long as dry and stable air fills in behind the front.
Mid-week next week we're looking at a more significant front moving through as an upper level trough and cold pool dive south near Kauai. Current model runs keep the heavies rains over Kauai and Oahu.
