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

80 – 69  Lihue, Kauai
82 – 71  Honolulu, Oahu
80 – 68  Molokai AP
82 – 68  Kahului, Maui
84 – 71  Kailua Kona
79 – 68  Hilo, Hawaii

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

1.39  Mount Waiaeale, Kauai
1.70  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
0.32  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.39  Puu Kukui, Maui
0.49  Kawainui Stream, Big Island


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


27  Port Allen, Kauai
28  Kii, Oahu
35  Molokai
45  Lanai
35  Kahoolawe
29  Kapalua, Maui
35  PTA Keamuku, 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

 

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Our trade winds will be locally strong and gusty, with
generally fair weather conditions to our leeward sides,
and passing windward showers in many areas

Small Craft Wind Advisory…all coastal and channel waters

High Surf Advisory…east shores of all the main Hawaiian
Islands except Lanai and Kahoolawe



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The trade winds will continue to be locally strong and gusty…with no end in sight. 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 1030 millibar high pressure system…which is in the area far north of our islands. At the same time, we have gale low pressure systems far to the northeast…with even deeper storms far to the northwest. Gusty northeast winds will continue to move over the islands…while small craft wind warnings remain active over all marine zones around the state. These blustery winds will finally ease up a touch as we push through the first couple of days of the new work week…although continue well into the future.

Considerable low clouds are evident to our north through east, many of which are banked-up along our windward sides, with some passing showers…fewer clouds and showers prevail elsewhere. Here’s the looping radar image showing showers are falling over our windward sides locally. The leeward sides of the islands will continue to have generally fair weather, with some minor shower activity here and there at times. The computer models are showing the arrival of a fairly minor cloud band later Monday, which will likely increase our windward showers into Tuesday. These windward sides have been very showery over the last 5-6 days, especially on the Big Island and Maui. I’ll be back with updates on all of the above, I hope you have a great Sunday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Friday Evening Film: This time around my neighbors and I went to see an interesting film, among several others that will be definite candidates for next Friday. It’s called The Theory of Everything, starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Charlie Cox, and Simon McBurney…among many others. The synopsis: This is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of – time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed. The film is based on the memoir Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, by Jane Hawking, and is directed by Academy Award winner James Marsh.

It was interesting to see this film with my neighbors, both of whom are astrophysicists…as of course Steven Hawking is! The critics are giving this film a pretty high 83% favorable rating. This film is part biopic, part love story, The Theory of Everything rises on James Marsh’s polished direction…and the strength of its two leads. The trailer captures well the intimacy among all the characters, which was touching and full of a deep love. The performance by Eddie Redmayne was exceptional, well above most films that I see. As one critic said: “this film is a brainy bio that exerts a gravitational pull on the heartstrings.” Felicity Jones played the wife of Stephen Hawking, and besides being a beautiful woman, she plays her role with quiet determination and very strong feelings. The director James Marsh has given us an emotional, affectionate tribute to Stephen Hawking, love…and life itself! As for grades, the three of us came down with an A+ and two A-. What topped off the evening was when we were driving home through the pasture lands of Kula, Jeff spotted a very cool Moonbow (a rainbow at night), and we stopped in the dark, got out…and stood for several minutes basking in this unusual display of nature.


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: Tropical Depression 22W is now active, moving by to the south of Chuuk and Guam with time. Here’s a JTWC graphical track map…along with a NOAA 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: How dangerous ARE fracking chemicals really? – The “surfactant” chemicals found in samples of fracking fluid collected in five states were no more toxic than substances commonly found in homes, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder.


Fracking fluid is largely comprised of water and sand, but oil and gas companies also add a variety of other chemicals, including anti-bacterial agents, corrosion inhibitors and surfactants. Surfactants reduce the surface tension between water and oil, allowing for more oil to be extracted from porous rock underground.


In a new study published in the journal Analytical Chemistry, the research team identified the surfactants found in fracking fluid samples from Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Texas. The results showed that the chemicals found in the fluid samples were also commonly found in everyday products, from toothpaste to laxatives to detergent to ice cream.


“This is the first published paper that identifies some of the organic fracking chemicals going down the well that companies use,” said Michael Thurman, lead author of the paper and a co-founder of the Laboratory for Environmental Mass Spectrometry in CU-Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. “We found chemicals in the samples we were running that most of us are putting down our drains at home.”


Imma Ferrer, chief scientist at the mass spectrometry laboratory and co-author of the paper said, “Our unique instrumentation with accurate mass and intimate knowledge of ion chemistry was used to identify these chemicals.” The mass spectrometry laboratory is sponsored by Agilent Technologies, Inc., which provides state-of-the art instrumentation and support.