Billy V
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11 years as Entertainment Reporter for Hawaii News Now; 35-year veteran of broadcast. Spent 30 years in Hawaii Radio & Hawaii Recording Industry plus host of television events such as Miss Hawaii, Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, Merrie Monarch Festival, and emcee for UH Athletics, NFL Pro Bowl, Hawaii Bowl and more. Actor on shows like Baywatch Hawaii & Hawaii Five-0
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Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 9:21 AM HST
|By Billy V
Partly to mostly cloudy skies today with some afternoon isolated showers here and there, with the same for tomorrow except a few more clouds and showers for O'ahu and Kauai. A cold front near the islands will bring some mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers for O'ahu and Kauai, nice weather everywhere else with some afternoon sprinkles. No Marine Warnings in effect for Hawaiian Waters and the surf is small all around the islands. North Shore: next swell Sunday; South Shore: next swell Monday
Light to moderate SW winds bring stable, cool and dry weather for Hawaii today and part of tomorrow.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 6:25 AM HST
|By Billy V
Light to moderate SW winds bring one more day of stable, cool and dry weather for Hawaii. FIRST ALERT WEATHER: Tuesday in RED for Kauai as the Cold front will stall just northwest of Kauai. That will mean enhanced showers over the Garden Isle from Wednesday into Thursday morning. High Pressure builds back for Maui and Hawaii counties Thursday thru Saturday. Drier and more stable weather by Thursday as the cold front lifts towards the North.Surf along north and west facing shores will continue to ease today as a north-northwest swell moves out with mainly small background northwest and northeast energy moving through.Surf along east facing shores will remain small through the week; only the wrap from the current north-northwest swell moving through today and from a small north-northeast swell expected to linger into the start of the week. Surf along south facing shores will remain small with a mix of background southerly pulses moving through and some added short period chop due to the periods of moderate southwest winds anticipated today and again Tuesday into Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 9:20 AM HST
|By Billy V
Light winds with limited showers will continue through tonight. South to southwest winds will pick up Sunday and Monday for Kauai and Oahu as a system tracks by the islands. A front will move over the islands Tuesday night and Wednesday with an expected increase in showers.The jet stream is dipping farther south than usual which brings midlevel clouds from Kauai thru Maui. This is bringing winds with gusts over 75mph and a High Wind Warning thru Sunday evening. Light and variable winds everywhere else with cool and dry conditions with little rain thru tonight. Low clouds and a few showers are expected for Kauai and Hawaii Island Sunday as a ssystem tracks northeast away from the state. Another stronger low will develop west of the state and drag over from Niihau thru Maui Islands bringing an increase in showers Tuesday night into Wednesday. Another low pressure system will pass to the north of the islands Thursday into Friday.North and West shore surf is on the way down. No big swells expected next week with a small NNE swell expected Sunday. Small bump on the East side, with the town spots getting small pulses thru early next week.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 10:10 AM HST
|By Billy V
Lighter winds Thursday through Sunday means drier and cooler weather through the weekend.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 8:16 AM HST
|By Billy V
Conditions continue to improve in the aftermath of the cold front that is passing to the east BUT winds and surf continues to affectedWinds: HIGH WIND WARNING is still in effect for the summits and upper slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, thru Sunday evening; Wind Advisory for Haleakala thru this evening. Strong post-frontal westerlies will gradually weaken overnight, becoming moderate and northwesterly by this afternoon. Tonight there will be light wind conditions that will stay with us thru the weekend.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 6:10 AM HST
|By Billy V
Drier and cooler conditions Thursday evening through the weekend. Warmer weather returns early next week.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 5:49 AM HST
|By Billy V
Windy today with decreasing showers and clouds on Kauai and Oahu. Mostly cloudy with numerous showers through the day on maui county. Hawaii Island: Locally windy, Mostly cloudy with numerous showers leeward and mostly sunny windward. The unusual wind direction and saturated soils will increase the potential for impacts like falling trees or landslides. On the summits of the Big Island, a High Wind Warning remains in effect through 6 PM Sunday. On Haleakala summit, a High Wind Warning remains in effect through 6 AM Thursday. The winds will shift and diminish starting this evening on Kauai, overnight on O'ahu
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 6:44 AM HST
|By Billy V
Nice weather today, but two cold fronts will bring wind and rain starting on Monday evening for Kauai.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 4:55 AM HST
|By Billy V
The long duration trade wind event will be tapering off through the day Saturday and ending Sunday as light to gentle winds become southwest. This may mean land breezes, locally stable and mostly clear conditions this evening. Little change expected for Sunday with quiet and clear conditions Sunday night.l Monday thru Wednesday will see two frontal systems come thru the islands only seperated by a few hundred miles. The prefrontal moisture will be followed by the first front itself, due to arrive over Kauai/Niihau sometime early to late afternoon Monday, settling over the central part of the state late Tuesday. Rainfall may be lower in intensity, but it will also be lower in speed which means the moisture may linger. The second cold front will arrive Tuesday night bringing moderate occasional moderate rain with some embedded heavier showers over the leeward zones Monday night thru Wednesday evening.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2023 at 6:31 AM HST
|By Billy V
Trade winds are breezy with 15-30mph. Concentration of clouds and numerous showers will be on the windward sides of the islands, but the winds are strong enough to push some of those showers to the leeward side at times. Showers will be more prevalent in the night and morning hours with a mixture of sunshine and passing showers.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2023 at 6:19 AM HST
|By Billy V
First Alert Weather: A FLOOD WATCH in effect for Hawaii Island only, until 12noon today. Rainfall rates are decreasing statewide, but Hawaii Island may have thunderstorms and heavy rain thru this morning. Although we will see some improvement in conditions today and tomorrow, another Kona low may bring possible thunderstorm weather on Tuesday. Winter Storm Warning still in effect for the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa which may move to advisory level at noon. Trade wind weather will help to push the wet weather away from the islands starting on Thursday.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 at 5:15 AM HST
|By Billy V
Niihau, Kauai and O'ahu will see some clearing today with the potential of another low bringing more tropical moisture from the south. Maui County and Hawaii Island will still received moderate to high amounts of rainfall throughout the day. With the soil already saturated, it will not take much rainfall to produce flooding conditions in those flood prone areas. Thus the Flood Advisory remains in effect until this afternoon.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 6:56 AM HST
|By Billy V
6-12 inches of rain possible for Hawaii Island, heavy rainfall for rest of state.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 5:11 AM HST
|By Billy V
We are tracking several first alerts this week and after careful consideration, a First Alert Weather Day will be issued for Hawaii Island tomorrow as a foot of rain could potentially fall there.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 8:00 AM HST
|By Billy V
It is going to be a wet week, especially for Hawaii Island in the next 48 hours.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2023 at 9:29 AM HST
|By Billy V
We still have unstable air mass across the state, with overnight lightning in central O'ahu and just north of Hawaii Island this morning; there is a chance of some thunderstorms with most of these near Maui and Hawaii Island on the windward side, more likely there this afternoon. We should see drier and more stable conditions and there has been some clear skies in places overnight on O'ahu, definitely this afternoon as we go into the evening. Mon/Tuesday will see a transition towards more stable and dry air with trade wind weather prevailing.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2023 at 5:43 AM HST
|By Billy V
Happy Aloha Saturday! We've still got some unstable and wet trade wind weather this weekend. Today will be another day of locally heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms possible. Small Craft Advisories are in effect for all Hawaiian Waters due to strong and gusty trade winds. The next well should start arriving later today and hold till Sunday before fading. Another long period northwest swell in on Monday and a reinforcing swell arriving Thursday which could be advisory level.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 8:54 AM HST
|By Billy V
Sunshine today along with light to moderate background east to southeast winds as the high pressure ridge north of the islands remains weak. Changes Ahead: A cold front moves into the western islands tomorrow, drifting slowly eastward on Thursday, then spreading enhanced showers into Maui and the Big Island from Friday into the weekend. Today.Waves Continue but on the way down: A diminishing northwest swell continues to bring Advisory level surf heights
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 5:13 AM HST
|By Billy V
Expect light to moderate background east to southeast winds as the high pressure ridge north of the islands remains weak.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 10:13 AM HST
|By Billy V
Surf of 40 to 50 feet will be possible for north shores, while west shores could see surf as high as 25 to 35 feet.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 4:45 AM HST
|By Billy V
Cooler than normal temps for early mornings; Light winds and dry conditions thru Tuesday. Wednesday will see a weakening cold front bringing moderate Northeast trade winds and a brief increase of clouds and showers mainly over windward and Mauka showersThe front will likely reach Kauai and Oahu early Wednesday morning, then Maui County and the island of Hawaii Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning. Another cold front approaching will produce another round of stable light winds and dry conditions from Thursday into next weekend.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 4:45 AM HST
|By Billy V
Cooler than normal temps for early mornings; Light winds and dry conditions thru Tuesday.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 8:26 AM HST
|By Billy V
The weak front bringing us clouds and some showers, stalled near Hawaii Island and will continue to dissipate today. Expect associated showers across mainly windward areas, with a few showers making it to leeward areas as well from time to time. Trade winds will decrease into the light to moderate category today. Drier and more stable conditions are spreading across the state, with minimal shower activity expected tomorrow through early next week.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 10:15 AM HST
|By Billy V
The Hawaiian Islands will enjoy mostly clear skies and dry conditions to the islands today. The tail end of a weak front will approach the islands tonight and dissipate near the Big Island Thursday, with trade winds filling in behind it. Stable conditions aloft will limit overall rainfall, with showers focused over windward slopes.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 4:46 AM HST
|By Billy V
Forecasts show a threat of severe storms could produce strong winds and hail.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 3:14 AM HST
|By Billy V
Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected today, including a threat of severe storms that could produce strong winds and hail. Potentially damaging southwest or kona winds will also develop today, with sustained winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour with potential gusts near 60 miles per hour for some areas. In surf, the low pressure area associated with the cold front will generate an extra-large northwest swell, with a high surf warning posted for the north and west shores of most islands through tomorrow afternoon. South shores will see a slight boost with choppy waves generated by the winds, while east shores will remain small. High Wind Warning, Flood Watch, Winter Storm Warning, High Surf Warning, Gale Warnings are in effect
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 12:06 PM HST
|By Billy V
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Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 4:43 AM HST
|By Billy V
Mostly drier trend through the weekend with light to moderate trade winds. Some brief windward showers, but probably not enough to make it over to the leeward side.We know that vog from Kilauea Volcano/Hawaii Island can make some people uncomfortable; Kilauea being just above 4,000 ft above sea level. The eruption of Mauna Loa is about the 13,000 ft level, which means most of the particulate will not affect lower elevation populated areas of any of the islands. National Weather Service, HVO and USGS continue to monitor this dynamic situation.A large, long period west northwest swell will build in today, peak tonight and Friday morning and then gradually fall Friday night into the weekend. This swell is expected to be large enough to increase north and west-facing shore surf, due to the more westerly swell direction, to High Surf Advisory (HSA) levels on the main islands (except Big Island) today.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 12:36 PM HST
|By Billy V
Today locally windy conditions will diminish dropping below advisory levels later this afternoon, then remaining breezy through this evening. The winds will further weaken Saturday, which should allow for some local afternoon sea breeze and night time land breeze circulations into Sunday. Temperatures will remain on the cooler side again today, along with slightly drier humidity, as the airmass today remains similar to Thursday. High Surf Warning for the North facing shores of most Hawaiian Islands. A large swell NNE swell will move into Hawaiian waters with warning level surf lasting through Saturday. High Surf Warnings (HSW) for north facing shores will likely be dropped into the High Surf Advisory range by Saturday night. High Surf Advisory conditions are likely for north facing shores from Saturday night through Sunday. Lighter winds on Sunday will produce cleaner sets. Another small swell from the Northwest direction also arrives Sunday, peaking Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 12:02 PM HST
|By Billy V
An aggressive and fairly vigorous cold front approaches the state from west to east. We haven't seen a front of this caliber in quite some time. The timing of the front: Kauai and O’ahu tonight, Maui County early tomorrow morning and Hawaii Island will be sometime midday on Thanksgiving.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 5:10 AM HST
|By Billy V
An aggressive and fairly vigorous cold front approaches the state from west to east. We haven't seen a front of this caliber in quite some time. The timing of the front: Kauai and O’ahu tonight, Maui County early tomorrow morning and Hawaii Island will be sometime midday on Thanksgiving.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 9:52 AM HST
|By Billy V
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Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 6:49 AM HST
|By Billy V
Unstable weather that was just north of Maui and O'ahu last night has begun to taper off. The trade winds will return along with more stable weather conditions. Models show that as the upper trough exits the area to the east, stronger trade winds will return this afternoon with a drier than average trade shower pattern Monday and Tuesday. Models hint at a front approaching Hawaii from the northwest beginning Wednesday night. As we head into Thanksgiving Day, a band of showers and large area of strong northeast winds behind the front could move into the island chain. This is far out in the broadcast week, so how much wind and moisture could vary, but the forecast could show 15-30 mph winds with locally higher gusts.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 5:18 AM HST
|By Billy V
Lots of sunshine with locally breezy trades focusing showers over windward zones.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 4:22 AM HST
|By Billy V
Lots of sunshine with locally breezy trades focusing showers over windward zones. The greatest coverage of showers through mid- week will be over Windward Maui and Big Island. An approaching trough will then bring potential for an increase in showers during the latter half of the week. Thursday into the weekend will feature a reduction in stability that will, at the least, contribute to a tendency for heavier trade wind showers. As we get closer to the weekend, we'll better be able to forecast for the potential for thunder over the Big Island on Thursday and/or Friday as the trough moves into the area.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 9:24 AM HST
|By Billy V
Transition weather day for parts of the states as a showery cloud band will move across Kauai tonight through Friday. Trade winds will push over the eastern end of the state late Friday afternoon and will bring a band of moisture along with it. This moisture will spread westward as the trades fill in across the rest of the state Friday night. A typical trade wind weather pattern is expected for the weekend and into next week, which means lots of sunshine with windward and mauka showers drifting leeward at times.The current north swell held near the 15-foot advisory threshold this morning, but will gradually lower through tonight. No other significant northwest or north swells are likely through the middle of next week.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 5:43 AM HST
|By Billy V
Transition weather day for parts of the states as a showery cloud band will move across Kauai through Friday.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 10:08 AM HST
|By Billy V
A stalled front near Molokai will weaken and become a surface trough later this morning. Moderate northeast winds persist west of the front, while light and variable winds are over the eastern islands. Once it develops, the surface trough will move back toward the western end of the island chain from later today through Friday. This will likely keep a wet weather pattern across portions of the state, especially on Oahu and Kauai, during the next couple of days. The High Surf Advisory has been extended for north facing shores of Kauai, Oahu and Maui County through tonight and may need to be extended for some zones later this afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 6:09 AM HST
|By Billy V
A stalled front near Molokai will weaken and become a surface trough later Thursday morning.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 5:26 AM HST
|By Billy V
A cold front is expected to move through Kauai on Wednesday morning, Oahu this afternoon, then stall out over Maui.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 5:12 AM HST
|By Billy V
A cold front is expected to move through Kauai this morning, Oahu this afternoon, then stall out over Maui tonight. A period of strong north winds and an increase in showers is expected following the frontal passage. This front is expected to weaken into a trough over Maui Thursday morning, then slowly shift westward Thursday afternoon through Friday, with showers favoring the western end of the state. Moderate to locally breezy trade winds and more typical windward and mauka focused showers will return over the weekend and hold in place through early next week. A larger, but shorter-period, north swell is expected to arrive today and may bring advisory level surf to north facing shores tonight and tomorrow. It will also likely bring SCA-level seas to exposed waters requiring the expansion and extension of the advisory. The swell will lower Thursday night through Saturday. Small background south swells are expected, with a series of slightly larger, longer-period south swells expected today through Saturday.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 4:38 AM HST
|By Billy V
Light winds and mostly dry weather will continue Tuesday, with afternoon sea breezes bringing some clouds and a few showers to interior and upslope areas.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 4:25 AM HST
|By Billy V
Light winds and mostly dry weather will continue today, with afternoon sea breezes bringing some clouds and a few showers to interior and upslope areas.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 4:29 AM HST
|By Billy V
Fair weather conditions with trade winds weakening Monday and Tuesday.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 2:07 AM HST
|By Billy V
Fair weather conditions with trade winds weakening today/tomorrow allowing for sea breezes to develop during the day and land breezes at night. Wednesday, a front pushes through the western half of the state and stalls over the eastern half of the state. Increasing clouds and showers with pockets of heavy rainfall will be possible during the second half of the week. A new, moderate-sized northwest swell (320-340 degrees) peaked earlier this morning and waves will be diminishing through Tuesday.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 7:01 AM HST
|By Billy V
First alert forecast: Another front will approach middle of next week and big north shore surf. Today: Increasing and locally breezy northeasterly trade winds later today into Saturday, with winds turning toward the east and gradually weakening again on Sunday. A mostly dry and stable weather pattern is expected to develop over the weekend. Winds will trend weaker Monday and Tuesday as another front approaches, with mostly dry weather persisting.SURF is also large on the north shore as a near advisory level swell continues to rise today before gradually lowering thru the weekend. Another north- northwest swell is forecast to arrive early next week, potentially producing another round of near advisory level surf for north facing shores. A small, long-period south swell will continue to slowly fill in, and will boost surf along south-facing shores to near the summertime average through Saturday, before returning to mainly background levels Sunday through early next week.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 4:41 AM HST
|By Billy V
Increasing and locally breezy northeasterly trade winds later today into Saturday.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 7:41 AM HST
|By Billy V
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Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 7:10 AM HST
|By Billy V
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Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 6:57 AM HST
|By Billy V
Light trade winds will continue through Saturday; Local scale land and sea breezes are forecast during this light wind period with clouds developing over mountain and island interior sections each afternoon. Showers will develop from afternoon to evening over the islands in sea breezes with overnight clearing as more stable down slope land breezes form. On Sunday we transition back to a moderate trade wind pattern as the ridge strengthens north of the state.