Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday…along with the minimum temperatures Monday:

77 – 67 Lihue, Kauai
78 – 71 Honolulu, Oahu
78 – 72 Molokai AP
85 – 70 Kahului, Maui  (Record high for the day 90 degrees…back in 1984)
82 – 70 Kailua Kona
82 – 62 Hilo, Hawaii  (Record low for the day 62 degrees…back in 1983 – Tied the record)

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

5.77  Kokee, Kauai
2.38  Schofield Firebreak, Oahu
1.17  Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
1.28  Kahakuloa, Maui
0.25  Honokaa, Big Island


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


30  Mana, Kauai – N
30  Waianae Harbor, Oahu – NW
23  Molokai – NNW
33  Lanai – N
29  Kahoolawe – NNE
25  Kapalua, Maui – NNE
18  Upolu AP, Big Island – NW


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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 A quickly weakening cold front, with its associated light showers, is
nearing the Big Island…being followed by cooler and gusty northerly
winds, veering back to trades later Tuesday, bringing fair trade wind
weather conditions for the Thanksgiving holiday…into the weekend

High Surf Advisory…for north and west shores of Kauai, and
for north shores of Oahu, Molokai and Maui

Small Craft Wind Advisory…windiest coastal and channel waters



~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~




Cooler and stronger winds will fill in behind a cold front…now dissipating near the Big Island.  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 moderately strong, near 1031 millibar high pressure system to the northeast. At the same time, we have a developing storm low pressure system to the north-northeast, with its associated cold front pushing down through the state from the northwest. Finally, there’s a near 1023 millibar high pressure system to the northwest. Stronger north winds will arrive in the wake of the front, bringing cooler weather for a couple of days. The trade winds should return by later Tuesday through Wednesday…continuing into the weekend.

Satellite imagery shows the frontal cloud band slowing down…as it loses steam over the Big Island tonight. This comma-shaped frontal cloud band is bringing light showers, although were locally heavy as it passed over the western islands. The front is weakening, although will be able to stretch down to near the Big Island before falling apart. Here’s the looping radar image showing the leading edge of the front moving across the Alenuihaha Channel towards the Big Island. As the winds veer to the northeast and east-northeast by mid-week, we’ll see a trade wind weather pattern, with gusty winds, continuing into the weekend. The leeward sides of the islands will have fair weather, with the occasional passing showers along our windward sides. I’ll be back with updates on all of the above, I hope you have a great Monday 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


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)


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


>>> 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: World Bank warns effects of warming climate now unavoidable – As the planet continues to warm, heat-waves and other extreme weather events that today occur once in hundreds of years, if ever, will become the “new climate normal,” creating a world of increased risks and instability, a new World Bank study warns. 


The consequences for development would be severe as crop yields decline, water resources shift, sea-levels rise, and the livelihoods of millions of people are put at risk, according to a new scientific report released today by the World Bank Group.


In parts of Central Asia and the Western Balkans specifically, unprecedented heat extremes could occur in over 60 percent of summer months and drought risk could increase by 20 percent in a 4°C warmer world, the report finds. At the same time, projections suggest an increase in riverine flood risk, mainly in spring and winter, due to more intense snow melt in spring and heavier rainfall in the winter months.


Climate change impacts such as extreme heat events may now be unavoidable because the Earth’s atmospheric system is locked into warming close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by mid-century, the report said. Even very ambitious mitigation action taken today will not change this, it said.


“Today’s report confirms what scientists have been saying – past emissions have set an unavoidable course to warming over the next two decades, which will affect the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people the most,” said Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group. “We’re already seeing record-breaking temperatures occurring more frequently, rainfall increasing in intensity in some places, and drought-prone regions like the Mediterranean becoming drier.”


“These changes make it more difficult to reduce poverty and put in jeopardy the livelihoods of millions of people,” Kim said. “They also have serious consequences for development budgets, and for institutions like the World Bank Group, where our investments, support and advice must now also build resilience and help affected populations adapt.”