HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A strong storm is expected to impact the entire state of Hawaii Wednesday night through Friday, bringing heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds.
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Note this forecast is subject to change. Heavy rain and other impacts can happen at any time over the next several days.
Wednesday night: Scattered showers and a few isolated thunderstorms are expected late Wednesday night ahead of the front. The bulk of the activity will come on Thursday and Friday, however.
Thursday at midnight: Heavy rain will begin to increase after midnight. Scattered thunderstorms will start to develop ahead of the approaching front. These showers will be hit or miss. They will impact some, but not all.
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Thursday morning: During the commute tomorrow, heavy rainfall is expected to develop over the islands. Torrential rainfall will be likely in mauka areas, impacting the morning drive through the Koolau.
Thursday at midday: Thunderstorms will continue to develop throughout the afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms are still impacting the state at this time.
Thursday evening.: Heavy rainfall is expected across most of the state into the evening as the low-pressure system continues to move north of the state. The associated cold front will start to push towards the southeast during the late afternoon and evening.
Friday morning: There will be more impacts over Maui County and Hawaii Island, and conditions will dry out through Friday evening and Saturday.
Friday afternoon: Heavy rain will be confined to the eastern half of the state. Dry and comfortable air will move in behind the cold front. Nice, sunny weather is expected on Saturday and Sunday.
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The University of Hawaii has announced the addition of Ashley Dyer to its men’s and women’s swimming and diving coaching staff. Dyer will serve as an assistant coach under head coach Steve Allnutt.
“Our program is honored to bring Coach Ashley Dyer to the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex,” Allnutt said in the university’s press release. “She will assist our team while pursuing her graduate studies in Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences at UH-Manoa. Though Ashley just finished her competitive career last season, she has already put together varied and extensive coaching experience at the club and college level, in addition to working across the country at various elite swim camps. Her initiative and drive for excellence will make an immediate impact on our student-athletes.”
Dyer competed for four years at the University of Mary Washington, serving as team captain during the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons. At the 2022 Metropolitan Conference Championships, she won the 1650 freestyle and earned second-place finishes in both the 200 and 500 free. Her performance earned her high-point swimmer honors at the meet.
In 2024, she graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology and a minor in sports management, then completed her master’s in business administration.
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Her coaching journey began in 2021 as an assistant with the Stingrays USA Swim Team, where she was instrumental in the team’s progression and played a part in earning USA Swimming’s Bronze Medal Club status in 2024. She also gained experience as an intern with Mary Washington’s varsity swim program, and contributed to NCAA Division I summer camps at top programs, including the University of Virginia, Texas A&M, and the University of Texas.
In 2022, she took over as head coach of the Woodlake Hurricanes, the summer league team she once competed for. Dyer had been a member of the Hurricanes from 2011 to 2021 and also swam for Clover Hill High School from 2017 to 2021.
Dyer joins a staff that includes diving coach Brandon Blaisdell and assistant coaches Chris Grimmett-Norris, Lauren Sale, Tim Gallagher, and Christel Simms.
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Hawaii police are investigating a possible drowning after a 59-year-old California woman died in Na’alehu Sunday afternoon.
At approximately 2:40 p.m. Sunday, Hawaii police said witnesses reported seeing Stacy Coon of Orville, CA swimming in the ocean about 40 yards offshore of Whittington Beach Park when she began yelling for help.
Several bystanders entered the water and brought Coon to shore, where she became unresponsive, Hawaii police said.
The bystanders began CPR until first responders arrived on scene. Despite life-saving efforts, Hawaii police said Coon remained unresponsive and was later pronounced dead at Ka’u Hospital.
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Hawaii police said it requested an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
