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Posted on: Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Rain makes way to Oahu, as forecast


Advertiser Staff

As predicted, scattered showers made its way to Oahu today. The National Weather Service said the heaviest showers will migrate from Kauai to Oahu, and then towards Molokai.
The afternoon forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms, some of which could produce heavy rainfall and widespread haze.

It'll be mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. South wind between 3 and 7 mph. Light trades could start filtering in again by the end of the weekend.

Tonight, we can expect scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then isolated showers. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind around 7 mph becoming north. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Light winds, haze, high humidity, and showers will prevail across the state through Saturday, according to the weather service.
Here’s how the remainder of the work week looks at this point:

Thursday: Isolated showers. Widespread haze. Partly cloudy, with a high near 84. East wind around 7 mph becoming south. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Thursday Night: Isolated showers before midnight. Widespread haze before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. West wind around 7 mph becoming north. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Friday: Scattered showers after noon. Partly cloudy, with a high near 85. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

Friday Night: Scattered showers, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. East wind around 7 mph becoming north. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.