Puna Weather
Monday 2nd February 2026
Today south winds and dry with VOG.
Tuesday winds turn to northerly with a few showers. Cold Tuesday night.
Wednesday cool and dry with light winds and possible VOG.
Thursday and Friday continued dry with winds turning back to southerly, possibly spreading VOG over our island again.
A weak front pushes down our island chain Tuesday bringing a breif period of northeast winds and a few showers, mostly from Hilo north (precipitation animation). In advance of the front winds turn to southerly, spreading VOG over much of our island today into early Tuesday. After the front's passage, winds turn to northerly bringing dry and chilly air to our shores.
Our next weather maker is an upper level trough that pushes towards our island from the northwest as we head into the weekend (500mb anomaly animation). This trough brings cooler air aloft and a significant bump in moisture to the region.
Also this weekend a surface high pushes east driving moderate to breezy trade winds through the middle of next week (surface animation). The combination of east winds, moisture, and cooler air aloft add up to a good soaking for the windward side of our island this weekend into early next week.
