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First Alert Forecast: Bring out the sunscreen! Blue Skies and light winds

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1 year ago

November 21, 2024

First Alert Forecast: Bring out the sunscreen! Blue Skies and light winds

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Today thru the weekend, it’ll be nice beach weather during the daytime with light winds and minimal rainfall. A few windward showers are possible over the eastern half of the state, but an overall drier trend is expected heading into the weekend.

Gradually diminishing trade winds will deliver just a few showers to windward areas of the smaller islands for the next day or so, while windward Big Island will continue to receive passing showers. Light and variable winds and mostly dry weather are expected statewide from Thursday night into Sunday. A weak front may move over the islands from the northwest late this weekend. This front is expected to bring little in the way of rainfall, however, and winds will remain fairly light.

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A series of northwest and north-northeast swells are due later this week. Several small bumps along the way for north shores, but a medium north swell builds today and an overlapping swell arrives late Saturday, peaking Sunday into Monday. Surf should remain below high surf advisory criteria for the foreseeable future.

Get weather updates every ten minutes and your 7-Day First Alert Forecast on HNN Sunrise, weekdays with Guy Hagi and weekends with Billy V. Meteorologist Drew Davis has your forecasts on This is Now, First at Four and Hawaii News Now at 6:30. And join Chief Meteorologist Jennifer Robbins at 5, 5:30, 6, 9 and 10 and Ben Gutierrez on weekends.

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Walk-off win clinches series for Hawaii baseball team | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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12 hours ago

February 17, 2026

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Walk-off win clinches series for Hawaii baseball team | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Elijah Ickes sprinted home on a wild pitch in the ninth inning to deliver the Hawaii baseball team a 4-3 victory over Gonzaga today at Les Murakami Stadium.

Down 3-2 in the ninth, Tate Shimao hit a one-out single to right field. Ickes followed with single to left.

The Bulldogs brought in Frank Willius, a 6-foot-4 left-hander, to face left-swinging Ben Zeigler-Namoa.

“We were expecting him the whole weekend,” Zeigler-Namoa said. “I saw (videos of Willius) multiple times. I was ready to hit. I was ready to hit the whole weekend. I got my pitch, and hit it up the middle.”

Zeigler-Namoa’s grounder eluded the reach of second baseman Hudson Shupe as Shimao raced home with the tying run and Ickes dived safely into third base.

Willius’ first pitch to Jake Redding bounced past catcher Luca DiPaolo and Ickes scored the winning run.

“Coach (Rich Hill) told me to look for the passed ball,” Ickes said, “and it was the first pitch, and the rest is history.”

UH won three of four to claim the season-opening series.

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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts – video

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February 16, 2026

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The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupted on Sunday, sending lava fountains, ash and smoke into the air. The US Geological Survey said it was the 42nd episode of lava fountains since the current series of intermittent eruptions began in December 2024. The plume from the latest eruption reached more than 10,000 metres (35,000 feet), according to the National Weather Service

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Public safety power shutoff watch: Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions this week | Big Island Now

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February 16, 2026

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Public safety power shutoff watch: Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions this week | Big Island Now

February 15, 2026, 7:08 PM HST

Hawaiian Electric is monitoring developing weather conditions likely to lead to an increased risk of wildfires in parts of Maui County and Hawaiʻi Island later this week.

Photo File: Courtesy Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization website

Customers in these areas are urged to initiate their own emergency plans should a public safety power shutoff need to be initiated, including preparations for the possibility of extended power outages Monday through Thursday (Feb. 16-19).

The National Weather Service forecast office in Honolulu reported just after 3:30 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 15) in its fire weather planning forecast that strong high pressure far north of the islands will sink southward and weaken some during the next couple of days.

This will maintain breezy trades for much of the week.

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Showers riding in on the trades will be focused over windward and mauka areas. However with the breezy trades, some showers will reach leeward areas at times.

Proactive power shutoffs are one way Hawaiian Electric can help prevent wildfires when there is windy weather, low humidity and dry vegetation near Hawaiian Electric equipment, which is the case in areas such as West Maui and South Kohala on Hawaiʻi Island.

These conditions could lead to damaged powerlines or debris being blown into powerlines, which increases the risk of a fire starting.

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Hawaiian Electric will keep the public informed by deploying its message broadcast system to customers in high risk areas should weather conditions intensify.

News releases and regular social media postings will also be used to provide updates and information.

Call Hawaiian Electric’s Public Safety Power Shutoff Hotline toll-free at 1-844-483-8666 or visit the Hawaiian Electric website for additional information, maps of public safety power shutoff areas and more.