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Area Forecast Discussion · National Weather Service Honolulu (HFO) · issued Monday, July 27 at 9:18 AM HST.
Revised in 11 passages since the 3:43 AM discussion. See every revision.
Synopsis
A strong high pressure system far north of the Hawaiian Islands will continue to produce moderate to breezy trade winds today with periods of showers favoring windward mountain areas in the overnight and early morning hours. Hurricane Fausto remains on track to pass north of the Hawaiian Islands on Tuesday and Wednesday as a tropical storm. A drier and breezy trade wind weather pattern will return across the state from Thursday onward as Fausto drifts westward away from the Hawaiian Islands.
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