Forecast Details for Lihue, HI

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Current Alerts for Lihue, HI: Flood Watch High Surf Advisory
High Wind Warning Wind Advisory

Tonight: Occasional showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 64. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 74. Windy, with a northeast wind 16 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 66. Windy, with an east northeast wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Cloudy, with a high near 76. Windy, with an east northeast wind 22 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 67. Breezy, with an east northeast wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Isolated showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Breezy, with an east northeast wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Breezy, with an east northeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with an east wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Breezy, with an east wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with an east wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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