Board of Water Supply crews reopened Pupupuhi Street in Waipahu on Saturday after repairs to an 8-inch water main.

The main ruptured at about 10 a.m. Friday, sending a geyser into a residential area near 94-113 Pupupuhi St. Repairs to the main were finished about 10:30 p.m. Friday, and crews turned their attention to the road. The road was repaired and reopened around 10 a.m. Saturday.

A water wagon assisted 24 residences in the area during the outage.

Humid conditions on the way

Enjoy the balmy tradewind weather while it lasts. The National Weather Service says the tradewinds will gradually weaken, bringing hot and humid weather this week.

Forecasters expect today to be partly sunny with scattered windward and mauka showers that could blow over to leeward areas. Temperatures could get up to 85 to 90 degrees, but northeast winds of 10 to 20 mph should bring some relief. Temperatures will fall to 72 to 77 degrees at night.

A weather system northwest of the state is expected to weaken the tradewinds and bring up tropical moisture from the south as the workweek begins. There’s also a chance of vog. The hot, muggy weather could also cause afternoon showers to form over leeward slopes. Tradewinds should return later in the week.

A small craft advisory remained in effect until 6 a.m. today for Maalaea Bay and the Pailolo and Alenuihaha channels, with east winds of 29 mph.

In the eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Kay was packing 50-mph winds but posed no threat to Hawaii. At 5 p.m. Hawaii time, Kay was 27 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, and was moving northwest at 6 mph.

Absentee voters urged to cast ballots earlier

HILO >> A county official wants people to mail absentee ballots earlier after more than 1,600 arrived late statewide.

A total of 771 tardy absentee ballots recently arrived in the Hawaii County Elections Office mailbox, West Hawaii Today reported.

“We were very concerned,” said Pat Nakamoto, county elections administrator. “We usually get a few here and there, but never that high.”

State Elections Office spokeswoman Nedielyn Bueno said the number of late ballots totaled 500 in Honolulu, 347 on Maui and 60 on Kauai. Some races were decided by fewer votes than that.

The Clerk’s Office must receive absentee ballots by 6 p.m. on Election Day under state law. Early ballots accounted for almost 62 percent of votes cast statewide, reaching nearly 66 percent on the Big Island.

Inmate should serve full term, prosecutor says

The Kauai County prosecutor is objecting to the state’s plans to put an inmate in a work furlough program after he served only four months, the Garden Island reports.

Jason David Dameron, 39, of Koloa, was sentenced in March to one year in jail and five years of probation and ordered to pay more than $262,000 to a woman badly injured in an accident he caused while driving drunk.

The warden recently notified Prosecutor Justin Kollar by mail that Dameron is being considered for a work furlough program.

In his objection, Kollar said Dameron should serve the full year. “It is disturbing that he would be considered for work furlough having served such a short portion,” he said.