Prognostic Meteorological Discussion
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011 FXHW01 KWNH 130828 PMDHI Hawaii Extended Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 328 AM EST Thu Nov 13 2025 Valid 00Z Fri 14 Nov 2025 - 00Z Fri 21 Nov 2025 Breezy to windy conditions are likely for another day as a surface high well north of Hawaii produces a tight pressure gradient for east-northeasterly trades. Some windward showers are possible in this pattern, especially across the Big Island and Maui eastern slopes per the HREF. By Friday and especially into Saturday, trades are forecast to weaken a bit to more moderate to breezy levels as the surface high weakens and moves east, lasting through the weekend. By early to mid next week, there is some model signal for tropical moisture to be pulled north as troughing at the surface and aloft produces southerly flow. GFS runs and GEFS members are particularly aggressive with the troughing, leading to high moisture levels coming into the state Monday and lasting through midweek. This also relates to a cold front northwest of the state, which recent GFS runs have approaching the state by midweek and then retrograding. The ECMWF, on the other hand, maintains a typical trade wind pattern into much of next week as the aforementioned cold front is well west of Hawaii and does not draw the moisture northward. GEFS and EC ensemble means have some increased QPF and moisture anomalies, but are more muted than the GFS, and AI guidance is similar. So will continue to monitor trends and hopefully better model convergence to determine the pattern next week, but for now a purely GFS type of solution is not preferred. Tate $$