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Spot Forecast for Ka`ala Fire...Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency

National Weather Service Honolulu HI

444 AM HST Fri Oct 24 2025



Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 HST on October 24. 

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather

Service.



...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST SATURDAY...



.DISCUSSION...

Unsettled weather conditions will continue over the fire site through 

Saturday as an upper level disturbance and low level cloud boundary 

bring clouds and periods of rain showers to the fire site. A Red Flag 

Warning remains in effect for the larger fire weather zone, however these

critical fire weather impacts will remain farther north of the fire site 

near the Kohala Mountains portion of the zone. Isolated thunderstorms are 

possible by Saturday afternoon.



.TODAY...



Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered rain showers. 

Chance of pcpn......50 percent. 

Max temperature.....Around 67. 

Min humidity........Around 70 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........South-southeast winds 4 to 7 mph in the early morning, 

                    becoming east-southeast winds 8 to 12 mph after 9 AM HST. 

Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....East around 14 mph. 



.TONIGHT...



Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Numerous rain showers. 

Chance of pcpn......70 percent. 

Min temperature.....Around 58. 

Max humidity........100 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........East-southeast winds 6 to 10 mph in the early evening, 

                    becoming south-southeast winds 4 to 7 mph after 8 PM HST.

Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....East around 18 mph. 



.SATURDAY...



Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered rain showers with 

                    isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

Chance of pcpn......30 percent. 

Max temperature.....Around 69. 

Min humidity........Around 75 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........South-southeast winds 4 to 7 mph in the early morning, 

                    becoming east-southeast winds 8 to 12 mph after 9 AM HST.  

                    Winds will become strong and erratic near heavy showers and 

                    thunderstorms. 

Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....East around 16 mph. 



$$

Forecaster...Bohlin

Requested by...Talmadge Magno

Type of request...WILDFIRE

.TAG 2521469.28/HFO

.DELDT 10/24/25

.FormatterVersion 2.0.0

.EMAIL Patrick.Springer@hawaiicounty.gov,talmadge.magno@hawaiicounty.gov,eochilo@hawaiicounty.gov,cocarvalho@hawaiicounty.gov