(BIVN) \u2013 A Wind Advisory has been issued for much of Hawai\u02bbi island, as a High Surf Advisory remains in effect for north-facing shores of East Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n
Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 55 mph, are possible today for the Big Island, excluding most of Kona and leeward Ka\u02bb\u016b.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, large breaking waves of 10 to 14 feet have closed the H\u0101m\u0101kua bound lane of the Hilo Bayfront Highway. The Hawai\u02bbi County Civil Defense also announced that County beach parks in Keaukaha will remain closed Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The high surf is the result of strong trade winds near and upstream of the islands, the National Weather Service says. The High Surf Advisory is expected to remain in effect until 6 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n
There are some fire weather concerns for Hawai\u02bbi island today. \u201cA few hours of near critical fire weather conditions are possible late this morning as relative humidity may briefly fall into the mid to upper 40s due to a transient dry slot moving across the state,\u201d the National Weather Service wrote in a morning forecast discussion. \u201cHowever, this should be short-lived as low-level moisture embedded in the trades quickly fills in behind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hawaiian Electric says it is monitoring the high winds and dry conditions on Maui and Hawai\u02bbi island. The utility says its Public Safety Power Shutoff program is in a \u201cwatch\u201d condition, \u201cmeaning that if weather conditions intensify in the next 24 to 48 hours Hawaiian Electric may proactively shut off power in communities with high exposure to wildfire risk.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA watch doesn\u2019t mean we will shut off power, only that we are monitoring it closely in areas at the highest risk for wildfires,\u201d said Jim Alberts, Hawaiian Electric senior vice president and chief operations officer, in a Wednesday news release. \u201cWhile we hope shutting off power won\u2019t be necessary, we have to take this threat seriously and we urge our customers to be prepared and stay informed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAdditional areas of moisture moving into the state should help to keep relative humidity from reaching critical thresholds for the remainder of the week,\u201d the NWS forecasters stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(BIVN) \u2013 A Wind Advisory has been issued for much of Hawai\u02bbi island, as a High Surf Advisory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-288498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}