HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Moderate to locally breezy trades are expected to continue through the weekend. Wind speeds are expected to take a slight dip on Monday, rebounding as high pressure builds back in on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A weak front gradually dropping through the region will stall to our south, maintaining an unsettled weather pattern into the weekend with heavy downpours that could lead to isolated areas of flooding.

Heat is building with thunderstorm chances returning in Las Vegas. A string of First Alert Weather Days continues for the next seven days.

The chances of heavy rain and localized flooding over the next two days have prompted a flood watch for much of the Lowcountry.

In the past 24 hours those weather forecast models haven’t changed much, forecasting the atmosphere overhead warm enough to push the lowlands up to around 100° Friday through Sunday. The only slight change is that they are slowing down the onset of cooling ocean breezes early next week.

The next time someone driving through Detroit comes across a first responder speeding toward an emergency call, they may know what to look out for before even seeing the flashing lights or hearing the siren.

Hurricane Erin continuing to move out to sea, ocean conditions set to improve this weekend. Keeping our eye on 3 additional chances for development in the Atlantic.

Saturday finds temps jumping up on a strong southwest wind ahead of our big cold front sweeping in from the northwest. Ahead of this, a separate band of moisture will be ahead of this and will produce showers and a few storms in the southeast.