Hawaii Extended Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 342 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022 Valid 00Z Tue Jul 26 2022 - 00Z Tue Aug 02 2022 The models and ensemble means continue to agree upon a mostly persistent easterly trade wind pattern with varying speeds and mostly windward/mountain showers through the period, as surface high pressure settles over the east-central Pacific. Trades should be moderate to occasionally brisk into early this week and then may weaken somewhat by Wednesday-Thursday as an upper trough/low moves in from the east and expands over/north of the state. This may provide a little more potential for sea breeze influence and an uptick in showers if the background flow weakens sufficiently as a period of deeper moisture moves through associated with the trough. As the trough passes to the north and west, and ridging builds back in over the islands, trade winds should increase again to modestly breezy speeds next weekend. Santorelli