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

86  Lihue, Kauai
86  Honolulu, Oahu
87  Molokai
92  Kahului, Maui – record high temperature for Tuesday 92 degrees…in 1959 (Tied the record)
87  Kailua Kona
88  Hilo, Hawaii

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


1.87  Omao, Kauai
2.56  Makaha Stream , Oahu
0.15  Molokai 1, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.33  Kepuni, Maui
0.13  Saddle Quarry, Big Island

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

15  Port Allen, Kauai
16  Makua Range, Oahu
10  Molokai
12  Lanai

18  Kahoolawe
14  Hana, Maui

21  Upolu AP, Big Island


Hawaii’s MountainsHere’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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We find clouds over Kauai and the Big Island, mostly of the high
cirrus variety


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 arrive through Friday…becoming
strong by the weekend



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Our winds will remain on the light side, with light to moderately strong trades returning later Wednesday into Thursday…becoming strong by the weekend. 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 northeast…with a ridge over the western islands. There’s low pressure systems far to the north-northeast and far northwest, with cold front stretching southward. These light breezes will keep volcanic haze and muggy conditions around…until the trade winds return later Wednesday and Thursday onwards.

Satellite imagery shows clear to partly cloudy skies, although with parts of the state cloudy…with a few showers. Looking at this larger looping satellite image, it shows high clouds over Kauai and the Big Island…along with thunderstorms over the ocean well north and south of the state. Here’s the looping radar, showing light to moderately heavy showers falling in places…although they seem to be dissipating. This muggy weather pattern, with volcanic haze, and localized clouds and showers, will start to give way to a returning trade wind weather pattern Wednesday. This trade wind weather pattern, with occasional windward showers will stick around well into the future. The models are showing that the windward biased showers may increase later this  weekend into early next week. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above and below, I hope you have a great Tuesday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.


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.

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


A broad area of low pressure that is moving inland over Nicaragua and Costa Rica is expected to move slowly westward into the far eastern Pacific over the next couple of days. Gradual development of this system is possible south or southwest of the coast of Central America late this week or this weekend while it moves slowly west-northwestward or northwestward.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...30 percent


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


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


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


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


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Northwest Pacific Ocean Super Typhoon 19W (Vongfong) remains active, located approximately 510 NM south-southeast of Kadena AB…with sustained winds of near 167 mph…with gusts to near 200 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:
Tropical Cyclone 03B (Hudhud)  remains active, located approximately 562 NM south of Chittagong, Bangladesh…with sustained winds of near 52 mph…with higher gusts. Here’s a graphical track map…along with a satellite image

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

 

Interesting:  The moon, sun and Earth will align Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, creating the second blood moon of the year as the sun’s rays cast a red glow over a total lunar eclipse.


The celestial event will be visible in Hawaii beginning at 11:14 p.m. Tuesday.


During the partial phase, the moon begins to cross into the inner shadow of the Earth, called the “umbra.” For the next hour or so, the earth’s shadow will create a deeper and deeper “bite” out of the moon.


By 12:25 a.m. Wednesday, the total phase of the eclipse begins. At this point the entire moon will be in the Earth’s dark inner shadow. During the total phase Earth blocks nearly all of the sunlight from hitting the moon.


However, while the Earth’s atmosphere does block the shorter wavelengths of blue light from getting past the Earth and hitting the moon, the longer wavelengths of red light make it through our Earth’s atmosphere and continue to strike the moon. This is the why the moon often turns red during a total lunar eclipse. The total phase will last 59 minutes, ending at 1:24 a.m.


There will be another partial phase after this total phase ends, and it will last from 1:24 to 2:34 a.m. as more of the moon returns to “normal.” By 2:34 a.m. the visible eclipse will be over.


A blood moon occurs only during a full moon, when the moon passes in the Earth’s shadow, said astronomer Francis Wilkin, observatory manager at Union College in Albany, N.Y.


The last blood moon was in April.


The Bishop Museum is hosting a late-night lunar eclipse event at the museum’s main campus Tuesday night. The event is called the “Return of the Blood Moon” since it’s the second total lunar eclipse party this year.