Forecast Details for KÄ«lauea, HI

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Current Alerts for KÄ«lauea, HI: Coastal Flood Statement

Today: Isolated showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. East wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. East wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Isolated showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. East northeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: Isolated showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. East wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Scattered showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. East southeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday: Scattered showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: Showers likely after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. East wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. East wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: Showers. Low around 73. East northeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Showers. High near 84. East wind 7 to 11 mph becoming west northwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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