Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Saturday:
87 Lihue, Kauai
89 Honolulu, Oahu
88 Molokai
95 Kahului, Maui – the record highest temperature for Saturday was 92…back in 1953 (Broke the record!)
88 Kailua Kona
90 Hilo, Hawaii– the record highest temperature for Saturday was 90…back in 1981 (Tied the record!)
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands, as of Saturday evening:
3.03 Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.99 Hakipuu Mauka, Oahu
0.07 Molokai
0.00 Lanai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.26 Kahakuloa, Maui
0.35 Kahuku Ranch, Big Island
The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph)…as of Saturday evening:
15 Mana, Kauai
17 Kahuku, Oahu
16 Molokai
10 Lanai
24 Kahoolawe
15 Hana, Maui
17 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
Satellite imagery above shows clouds over the islands,
along with an area of thunderstorms…and associated
clouds stretching northward towards the Big Island –
and an early season cold front approaching to the
north…which won’t reach this far south
Light winds with localized showers, some quite heavy –
a few showers clipping the Big Island from the south –
hot and muggy statewide
Flood Advisory…the island of Lanai – until 945pm
~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~
Light winds will prevail across the islands through this 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 west-northwest and north-northwest of the islands. There are a couple of low pressure systems to the south, which will be moving by in a westward motion. Finally, there’s an early season cold front to the north of the islands…both of which are interrupting the trade winds. 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 for the time being…until the returning trade winds arrive.
Satellite imagery shows clear to partly cloudy skies, with cloudy skies over the mountains...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. Tropical low pressure systems, moving by to the south of the state, will bring a localized increase in showers…mostly around the Big Island. Here’s the looping radar, showing just a few showers moving locally across our island chain, they are spotty at best. These are in contrast to the more concentrated light to moderately heavy showers located just south of the Big Island. The long range outlook calls for a cold front to bring showers to the state this this coming Thursday into Friday…stay tuned. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above and below, I hope you have a great Saturday 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 are giving 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 so dense. I knew full well what I was getting myself into, and wouldn’t have wanted to miss it, no siree. 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…barely. In sum, if I would have gone expecting a comedy, I would have been disappointed, but since I went expecting something very different…I got just that. As for a grade, I’m giving it a B+, as it came across very strongly, and I asked for it. Some of you must be wondering, what is it that this Maui weatherman likes so much about these types of 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.) An elongated area of low pressure continues to produce disorganized
cloudiness and showers near and to the southeast of the Cape Verde
Islands. Environmental conditions do not appear conducive for
development, and tropical cyclone formation is not likely. However,
the low is forecast to move slowly northwestward and could bring
heavy rainfall to portions of the Cape Verde Islands during the next
couple of days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 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 100 miles south of the southern tip of Baja California…with sustained winds of near 40 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 209 mile south-southwest of Taipei, Taiwan…with sustained winds of near 58 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.
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