Puna Weather
Sunday 25th January 2026
Today through Friday light southeast or east winds and little or no rain most areas. A slight warming trend is likely through the period.
Several troughs passing by to our north (surface animation) keep high pressure from forming to our northeast and therefore no trade winds. This will limit rain potential through the upcoming week.
Another factor limiting rainfall is an upper level ridge building in from the southwest (500mb anomaly animation).
The combination of light winds and ridging aloft will lead to mostly dry conditions.
Yesterday Kilauea put on an impressive eruption. Radar showed the associated plume pushing off to the east. The atmospheric sounding during that period (skew-t) shows westerly winds at around 10,000'.
