Hawaii Extended Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 804 AM EDT Thu Jun 09 2016 Valid 00Z Fri Jun 10 2016 - 00Z Fri Jun 17 2016 Models and ensemble means agree well through about next Mon-Tue. Surface high pressure to the north of the state will drift eastward into Sat, likely weakening trades a bit late this week. Then upstream high pressure will merge with the leading high and strengthen so expect moderate to brisk winds from late weekend into next week. Meanwhile an upper level feature tracking around the southern side of an upper high should approach/reach the state during the weekend and early next week. As a result some enhancement is possible for rainfall that should favor but not be fully limited to windward locales. Toward next Tue-Thu the 00z/06z GFS show lower heights/more upper troughing over the region than other models/ensemble means. This difference in the GFS does not affect the overall surface pattern significantly but weakens the surface gradient a bit relative to consensus. Prefer one or more selections among the 00z GEFS/NAEFS means and 00z ECMWF/ECMWF mean for the upper level and surface forecast by next Tue-Thu. Rausch