Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Friday:

86  Lihue, Kauai
87  Honolulu, Oahu
89  Molokai
91  Kahului, Maui – the record highest temperature for Friday was 96…back in 1995
87  Kailua Kona
90  Hilo, Hawaii– the record highest temperature for Friday was 89…back in 1974 (Broke the record!)

Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands, as of Friday evening:

2.16  N Wailea ditch, Kauai
0.23  Waihee Pump, Oahu
0.01  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.02  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.10  Ulupalakua, Maui
0.51  Piihonua, Big Island

The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph)…as of Friday evening:

16  Mana, Kauai
13  Waianae Valley, Oahu
15  Molokai
06  Lanai
 18  Kahoolawe
15  Hana, Maui
23  Upolu AP, Big Island


Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live web cam on the summit of near 13,800 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. This web cam is available during the daylight hours here in the islands…and when there’s a big moon shining down during the night at times. Plus, during the nights you will be able to see stars, and the sunrise and sunset too… depending upon weather conditions.



Aloha Paragraphs




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The satellite imagery above shows low clouds surrounding
the islands…along with an area of thunderstorms to the
south of the Big Island…as well as tropical storm Polo
spinning close to the Mexican coast – and finally an
early season cold front approaching to the north

Light winds with localized showers, some locally quite heavy –
we’ll see a boost in showers today into the weekend – clipping
the Big Island for the most part – hot and muggy statewide



~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~




Light winds will prevail across the islands into the weekend…with rebounding trade winds early in the new work week ahead. Here’s the latest weather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the North Pacific Ocean, along with a real-time wind profiler of the central Pacific. We find a weak high pressure system to the far west-northwest of the islands, with a second high pressure cell to the northeast. There are a couple of low pressure systems to the south and southeast, which will be moving by to our south. The winds will remain light…with sea breezes through Sunday. As we get into the new week, our trades will pick up a notch, attaining light to moderately strong levels. The slack wind conditions will keep sultry weather conditions in place over the islands…until the returning trade winds arrive.
Satellite imagery shows clear to partly cloudy skies for the most part…with an area of thunderstorms to the south of the Big Island. Looking at this larger looping satellite image, it shows those thunderstorms pulsing offshore to the south of Hawaii. The light breezes over our region, in conjunction with the daytime heating of the islands, will prompt afternoon clouds and some showers locally…over the upcountry slopes for the most part. There’s a chance that a few of these afternoon showers could become locally quite heavy. The offshore flowing land breezes at night will clear out these clouds, leading to generally cloud free mornings. A tropical low pressure system, moving by to the south of the state, will bring a localized increase in showers…mostly around the Big Island over the next few days. Here’s the looping radar, showing showers moving locally across our island chain, they are spotty at the time of this writing, and mostly over the offshore waters…although over the islands in places too. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above and below, I hope you have a great Friday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Friday Evening Film: A good friend of mine who lives in Sebastopol, California sent me an email that he wanted me to see this film that he’d just seen. He in fact liked it enough that he offered to pay my way. It’s called The Drop, starring Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini, Noomi Rapace, John Ortiz, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Ann Dowd…among many others. The synopsis: The Drop is a new crime drama from Michaël R. Roskam, the Academy Award nominated director of Bullhead. Based on a screenplay from Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone), The Drop follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski (Tom Hardy) through a covert scheme of funneling cash to local gangsters – “money drops” in the underworld of Brooklyn bars. Under the heavy hand of his employer and cousin Marv (James Gandolfini), Bob finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood’s past.

~~~ It was a heavy film, what else can I say? It was opening night, and despite the top scores that the critics gave it…there weren’t many people in the theater. For what it was, what it was billed to be…it was right on the mark. I liked it, and the actors were all top notch in their performances, although it was just so dense, so down and dirty…so dark. I knew full well what I was getting myself into, and wouldn’t have wanted to miss it, nope. It was one of those films that smiles were few and very far between, with only Noomi Rapace being able to pull off one or two. In sum, if I would have gone expecting a comedy, I would have been disappointed, but since I went expecting something much different…I got just that. As for a grade, I’m going to give it a B+, as it came across very strongly, and I asked for it. Some of you must be wondering, what it is that this Maui weatherman likes about these films? Hmmm, I guess I’m always looking for something that feels real, and in that regard, this film delivered…and then some! Here’s the heavy handed trailer for this film.


World-wide tropical cyclone activity:

 

>>> Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones




1.) Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue in association with
a broad area of low pressure located a couple hundred miles
southeast of the Cape Verde Islands. While some development of this
system is possible during the next day or two, upper-level winds are
expected to become less conducive after that time. This low should
move generally northwestward and could bring heavy rainfall to
portions of the Cape Verde Islands this weekend.





* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 20 percent 
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent 



Here’s a satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean 

>>> Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones



>>> Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclones



Here’s a satellite image of the Caribbean Sea…and the Gulf of Mexico. 

Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) 

>>> Eastern Pacific:  Tropical Storm 17E (Polo) remains active about 200 miles south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California…with sustained winds of near 60 mph. Here’s a graphical track map…along with a satellite image.  




Here’s what the computer models are showing for tropical storm Polo.



Here’s a wide satellite image that covers the entire area between Mexico, out through the central Pacific…to the International Dateline.



>>> Central Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclones





Here’s a link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC)



>>> Northwest Pacific Ocean: Tropical storm 16W (Fung-wong) remains active, located about 322 mile south-southwest of Taipei, Taiwan…with sustained winds of near 52 mph. Here’s a graphical track map…along with a satellite image.



>>> South Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones


>>> North and South Indian Oceans: There are no active tropical cyclones

Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)


 


Interesting: Earth Has its Warmest Summer and August on Record – August 2014 and the June – August Northern Hemisphere summer period of 2014 were Earth’s warmest since records began in 1880, said NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) today. NASA also rated August 2014 as the warmest August on record. 



August is the third time NOAA has ranked a 2014 month as the warmest on record; May and June 2014 were the warmest May and June on record (April 2014 was originally ranked as tied for warmest April on record, but has since been revised downwards to the second warmest April on record.)



Global ocean temperatures during August 2014 were the warmest on record, and the 1.17°F ocean temperature anomaly was the highest ever measured, beating the record set just two months previously in June 2014.



Global land temperatures in August 2014 were the 2nd warmest on record. The first eight months of 2014 (January–August) were the third warmest such period on record for the globe, with an average temperature 1.22°F above 20th century average.



If 2014 maintains this temperature departure from average for the remainder of the year, it will be the warmest year on record.