Gusty trade winds will give way to light winds and muggy weather over the weekend as a surface trough forms west of Kauai. Also, expect some afternoon showers over the interior areas of the smaller islands and the lee side of the Big Island over the weekend. Moderate trades are expected to return Monday.

A surface ridge north of the area will move closer to the islands today with potential for sea breezes to develop. This could bring periods of clouds and showers over leeward and interior areas this afternoon and again on Tuesday. A new high will bring back breezy trade winds by mid-week. A ridge aloft will keep the atmosphere stable through the week with rainfall amounts remaining low in general. Updated: 12/07/2015 3:40 am HST

A trough of low pressure running from southwest to northeast through the Alenuihaha channel will remain nearly stationary through the day. The trough will then slowly retrograde westward back across the central and western islands through the end of the work week, keeping unsettled weather in place across the state. High pressure will become more dominant over the weekend and into early next week, reducing the shower activity and confining it to primarily windward and mauka locales.

Moderate, locally gusty trades will keep showers focused over windward and mauka areas during the next several days. The southern portions of the aloha state will see more shower activity as a weak surface trough passes just to the south. The trough will strengthen west of Kauai heading into the weekend. This will result in a return to southeasterly winds and an increased threat of unsettled weather over the western islands. Updated: 11/18/2015 3:40 am HST

Fresh to strong trade winds will persist over the islands through the weekend. Showers will favor the windward and mountain areas, but the trade winds will carry some of the showers leeward at times across the smaller islands. Winds will veer toward the southeast and weaken early next week as a front approaches the islands from the northwest, with a land and sea breeze pattern developing by Tuesday. The front is forecast to stall just west of Kauai by the middle of next week. Updated: 11/13/2015 3:34 am HST

Strong high pressure north of the state will keep breezy trade winds in place through next week, with clouds and showers focused primarily across windward and mauka areas. Updated: 11/07/2015 3:42 am HST

A cloud band embedded within trade flow will increase clouds and showers across the state today, but drier conditions are expected Friday and through the rest of the forecast period. A trade wind weather pattern, with clouds and showers favoring windward and mauka areas, is expected to last through the next seven days. Updated: 11/05/2015 3:47 am HST