Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
89 Lihue, Kauai
87 Honolulu, Oahu
85 Molokai
89 Kahului, Maui
86 Kailua Kona
88 Hilo, Hawaii
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands, as of Monday evening:
0.02 Waialae, Kauai
0.61 Nuuanu Upper, Oahu
0.01 Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00 Lanai
1.02 Kahoolawe
1.26 Kaupo Gap, Maui
1.29 Keaumo, Big Island
The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph)…as of Monday evening:
12 Poipu, Kauai
14 Waianae Valley, Oahu
12 Molokai
14 Lanai
18 Kahoolawe
09 Hana, Maui
18 Kohala Ranch, 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
We find a cold front just to the north and northwest with thunderstorms,
with more thunderstorms offshore to the south of the state – expect
more showers…some locally heavy into Tuesday
Light south to southeasterly breezes, accompanied by volcanic haze
(vog) and sultry conditions – it will take until Wednesday before light
to moderately strong trade winds return for several days
Flood Advisory…southern Kauai – until 630am
~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~
Our winds will remain on the light side over the next few days…with light to moderately strong trades returning during the second half of the week. 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 weak high pressure systems to the west, north and northeast…with a ridge over the eastern islands. There’s low pressure systems to the north-northeast and far northwest, with a cold front stretching down towards Kauai…although it won’t reach our islands. The presence of this frontal boundary however, will keep our trade wind producing high pressure ridge over the islands, thus the light winds. The closest low pressure system and cold front, will keep our light breezes coming in from the south and southeast for the time being. These light breezes will bring volcanic haze and muggy conditions our way…until the trade winds return Thursday onwards.
Satellite imagery shows clear to partly cloudy skies, although some parts of the state were cloudy. Looking at this larger looping satellite image, it shows clouds and showers along the tail-end of a cold front just to our north and northwest…along with thunderstorms over the ocean to the state. Here’s the looping radar, showing light to moderately heavy showers falling in places…with a few heavy showers locally. The light winds over our area, in conjunction with the daytime heating of the islands, will prompt more afternoon interior clouds on Tuesday, with heavy showers…localized flooding here and there. This muggy weather pattern, with volcanic haze, clear mornings with cloudy and locally rainy conditions during the afternoons, will continue through Tuesday. Wednesday will find the return of a trade wind weather pattern, with some windward showers…which may increase by the weekend. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above and below, I hope you have a great Monday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
Total Lunar Eclipse visible in Hawaii – tonight
World-wide tropical cyclone activity:
>>> Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
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 19E (Simon) remains active, located approximately 100 miles west of Punta Eugenia, Mexico…with sustained winds of near 40 mph. Here’s a graphical track map…along with a satellite image
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: Super Typhoon 19W (Vongfong) remains active, located approximately 649 NM southeast of Kadena AB…with sustained winds of near 155 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: Lawrence Livermore finds ocean warming underestimated by past analyses – Using satellite observations and a large suite of climate models, Lawrence Livermore scientists have found that long-term ocean warming in the upper 700 meters of Southern Hemisphere oceans has likely been underestimated.
“This underestimation is a result of poor sampling prior to the last decade and limitations of the analysis methods that conservatively estimated temperature changes in data-?sparse regions,” said LLNL oceanographer Paul Durack, lead author of a paper appearing in the October 5 issue of the journal Nature Climate Change.
The team found that climate models simulate the relative increase in sea surface height — a leading indicator of climate change — between Northern and Southern hemispheres is consistent with highly accurate altimeter observations. However, separating the simulated upper-ocean warming in the Northern and Southern hemispheres is inconsistent with observed estimates of ocean heat content change. These sea level and ocean heat content changes should be consistent, and suggest that until recent improvements occurred in the observational system in the early 21st century, Southern Hemisphere ocean heat content changes were likely underestimated.
Since 2004, automated profiling floats (named Argo) have been used to measure global ocean temperatures from the surface down to 2,000 meters. The 3,600 Argo floats currently observing the global ocean provide systematic coverage of the Southern Hemisphere for the first time. Argo float measurements over the last decade, as well as data from earlier measurements, show that the ocean has been gradually warming, according to Durack.
“Prior to 2004, research has been very limited by the poor measurement coverage,” he said. “By using satellite data, along with a large suite of climate model simulations, our results suggest that global ocean warming has been underestimated by 24 to 58 percent. The conclusion that warming has been underestimated agrees with previous studies, however it’s the first time that scientists have tried to estimate how much heat we’ve missed.”
Akin to having a fleet of miniature research vessels, the global flotilla of more than 3,600 robotic profiling floats provides crucial information on upper layers of the world’s ocean currents.
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