Puna Weather
Monday 16th March 2026
Today very humid with widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Rain could be heavy at times. Winds light or moderate from the southwest (depending on where you are). VOG possible.
Tuesday and Wednesday very humid with frequent showers, possibly heavy at times. Winds light to moderate and variable. VOG possible.
Thursday very humid with widely scattered showers, possible heavy at times. Winds light to moderate from the southeast.
Friday through Sunday very humid with south winds and possible rain.
The Kona low that caused so much trouble is departing to our northeast this morning for diminishing winds, but the moisture remains over us (satellite image). With afternoon heating we could see showers and some thunder today.
An upper level trough passes by to our north Tuesday/Wednesday (200mb chart) enhancing the rain potential as moisture levels continue to be above 2", possibly leading to more heavy rains island wide.
The trough passes by with a transient ridge in place on Friday, but another low, possibly a weather maker for us, sets up to our west over the weekend pumping deep tropical moisture overhead (700-300hPa moisture).
