A strengthening high-pressure area north of the state will lead to strong and gusty trade winds over the Islands through the weekend, forecasters said.

An upper-level trough will linger over the state, keeping the atmosphere unstable.

Showers will favor windward and mauka areas, but rainfall coverage and intensity will be greater than normal due to the unstable air mass.

The strong winds will blow showers across leeward areas of the smaller islands as well.

Here's how the next several days are shaping up:

Today: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Breezy, with east wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Breezy, with east wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Breezy, with east wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday night: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Breezy, with east wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. East wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.