Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday…along with the low temperatures Tuesday:
79 – 63 Lihue, Kauai (Record low for the day 57 degrees…back in 1958)
81 – 70 Honolulu, Oahu
78 – 67 Molokai AP
82 – 68 Kahului, Maui
86 – 69 Kailua Kona
76 – 69 Hilo, Hawaii
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands, as of Tuesday evening:
0.10 Kilohana, Kauai
0.05 Poamoho, Oahu
0.81 Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00 Lanai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.56 Kahakuloa, Maui
3.58 Honokaa, Big Island
The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph)…as of Tuesday evening:
24 Mana, Kauai – NE
31 Waianae Harbor, Oahu – NE
23 Molokai – NE
35 Lanai – NE
31 Kahoolawe – N
28 Kapalua, Maui – NE
32 Kealakomo, Big Island – NE
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
The recent cold front continues to dissipate south of the Big Island…
with cool and gusty northeasterly winds blowing now, which will
become classic trade winds, strengthening into the weekend…
bringing fair weather conditions, with just the normal passing
windward showers for the Thanksgiving holiday onwards
Small Craft Wind Advisory…windiest coastal and channel waters
~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~
Drier air on cool winds have filled in behind yesterday’s cold front…now dissipating south of 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 1029 millibar high pressure system to the northeast. At the same time, we have a storm low pressure system to the north-northeast, with its associated cold front falling apart over the waters south and east of the state. Finally, there’s a near 1023 millibar high pressure system far to the northwest, which will move into the area north of Hawaii with time. Gusty northeast winds will continue to move over the islands in the wake of the front, bringing cool weather for a couple more days. The typical trade winds will take charge of our local weather conditions soon…strengthening Thursday into the weekend.
Despite the stable stratocumulus clouds flooding into the state behind the cold front, and the localized drizzle and mist along some windward slopes…drier air will be moving over the state. Here’s the looping radar image showing a few showers still falling in our area…most of those are light and occurring along our north and northeast facing slopes. As the winds continue to veer to the northeast, we’ll see a trade wind weather pattern become well established…with stronger and gusty conditions. Small craft wind warnings will be active across most, if not all the state by Thursday…continuing into the weekend. The leeward sides of the islands will have generally fair weather, with passing showers increasing modestly along our windward sides beginning Thursday. The latest computer model output shows no new cold fronts, or rainy episodes arriving through early next week. I’ll be back with updates on all of the above, 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
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.”
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