Hawaii Extended Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 834 AM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017 Valid 00Z Fri Jun 23 2017 - 00Z Fri Jun 30 2017 A surface front will stall well northwest of the islands late this week while the anchoring low pressure system lifts towards the Gulf of Alaska this weekend. Strong high pressure setting up north of Hawai'i Saturday and Sunday should gradually sink southeastward and help increase trades over the islands early next week. Aloft, general weak troughing will remain over Hawai'i this weekend and into early next week, sandwiched between upper ridging centered near 170E and over the southwestern U.S.. Ensembles were generally in good agreement with the large scale pattern and indicated a drop in precipitable water values next week suggesting a lower chance of rain which was shown explicitly from the latest GFS/ECMWF forecasts. Gerhardt