Puna Weather
Saturday 28th February 2026
Today light winds with mostly dry conditions north of Pahoa and scattered showers south of Pahoa.
Sunday and Monday light to moderate east or southeast winds and scattered showers, possibly briefly heavy at times.
Tuesday through the rest of the week moderate to breezy easterly trade winds with a typical pattern of scattered windward showers, mostly during the night and early morning hours.
Through Monday a weak upper level trough passing by to our north (200mb chart) weakens our northeast Pacific high leading to lighter winds for us through Monday. The trough also pulls some deeper moisture over head from the southwest (700-300mb moisture chart). Some cooler air aloft is also associated with the passing trough. The cooler air aloft is weakening our inversion allowing for thicker clouds and potentially some brief downpours. All in all there would be more rain if the winds were stronger.
Beginning Tuesday surface high pressure rebuilds to our northeast (surface chart) for a return of easterly trade winds and more typical windward showers.
