DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Strong winds whipped through the Pali Lookout and the hair of Michiko Ouchi, left, and Tamie Ogawa yesterday.

Get out your blankets:
The chilly weather
will continue

The lows are expected to remain
in the 60s through tomorrow

By Hawaii standards it was a three-dog night as temperatures dipped down to 59 to 65 degrees last night with breezy conditions.

"It isn't exactly freezing," said public service forecaster Pete Donaldson for the National Weather Service, but he noted that winds were also blowing from the northeast at between 15 to 25 mph.

Sixty-degree weather is off the service's wind-chill charts, Donaldson said, so there is no way to tell what the temperature really felt like factoring in the winds. (The wind-chill factor charts are reserved for temperatures 40 degrees and below, he said.)

But the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa were expected to plunge below freezing last night and through Monday, and Haleakala will drop to 38 degrees tonight.

Molokai's Windward Coast, including Kalaupapa, was expected to get down to 49 last night and the low 50s to 65 tonight. Lanai City was expected to hit 59 degrees tonight.

The Big Island lows were between 63 to 69 last night, and predicted to be 61 to 67 tonight and 64 to 70 tomorrow.

A high-surf advisory was in effect through last night for all north-facing shores. Donaldson said big surf is also expected next week.

The winds for the islands were 15 to 25 mph from the northeast last night and were expected to die down, becoming trades today at 10 to 15 mph, but low temperatures should remain between 60 to 66 degrees tonight and tomorrow for most islands.

And, the weather service predicts, Honolulu Marathon participants will enjoy perfect running weather tomorrow: sunny, dry and cool, with highs between 75 to 81 and light trades at 10 to 15 mph.

DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Pali Lookout visitors Noriko Suzuki, left, Sumiko Anraku and Maki Shinohara were among those battling winds yesterday.