Hawaii Extended Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 812 AM EDT Fri May 19 2017 Valid 00Z Sat May 20 2017 - 00Z Sat May 27 2017 From now into the weekend expect trades to be in the lighter half of the spectrum, allowing for some diurnal sea breeze influence on shower activity. By Sunday-Monday a front will approach/stall near the northern islands. The front will dissipate with time but leave behind a narrow axis of higher moisture. Trailing high pressure will strengthen trades in the early-mid week period. Then weakening of the high will promote a gradual slackening of trades late in the week. By next Thursday-Friday the 00z/06z GFS runs differ from most other guidance with a western Pacific/Aleutians system, shifting the central Pacific pattern enough to give the state slightly stronger trades than the majority cluster including the 00z ECMWF and 00z GEFS/ECMWF means. At this time would recommend the non-GFS cluster as the more likely scenario toward late next week. From Monday onward expect more windward shower focus with the possibility for a little rain to extend into other locales at times. Rausch