Schools, state agencies and county government offices will reopen Tuesday after closing Monday due to predicted weather conditions.
The Conversation spoke with Derek Wroe, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, about what Hawaiʻi residents should expect through Monday.
He said the high winds are predicted to subside throughout the day.
“We feel that the wind should be on a downward trend once we head into the afternoon hours, and we're fairly confident that we'll be out of this high wind warning by then, so we're thinking, least by the end of the afternoon, hopefully as early as mid-afternoon, that we'd be down.”
Wroe advised that conditions are expected to remain breezy into Tuesday, so residents may see wind gusts of around 50 miles per hour.
He told HPR that when high wind warnings are in place, the public should be prepared for power outages.
“When you hear a wind advisory, especially with a high wind warning, you got to make sure there's no loose objects around your property, make sure you secure those and be prepared for power outages,” Wroe said.
“We always like to say that sometimes we think about preparedness in terms of the big events like hurricanes, but really it's a year-round thing, and there's multiple hazards out there, whether it be hurricanes, wind, rain or fire, and we encourage people to have that sort of readiness all the time.”
Wroe recommended visiting ready.gov or local county websites to help prepare for hazards.
This story aired on The Conversation on Feb. 9, 2026. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. Hannah Kaʻiulani Coburn adapted this story for the web.
