Hawaii Extended Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 733 AM EDT Tue Jun 26 2018 Valid 00Z Wed Jun 27 2018 - 00Z Wed Jul 04 2018 An upper level trough northeast of the islands today near 150w drifts east to a position north of the islands over the weekend into early next week. The low level ridge with embedded closed highs drifts north of the islands later this week before drifting northeast this weekend and back north of the islands early next week. The persistence of the low level ridging results in a uniform pressure gradient supporting moderate to brisk easterly trades the balance of this week and into early next week. The 06Z GFS/GEFS and 00Z ECMWF/ECMWF ensemble mean showed good agreement on the forecast into next week and a blend of those solutions is recommended. Expect mostly windward showers through much of the week, weekend, and early next week, with higher totals in areas with stronger terrain gradients. Petersen