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

82 – 71  Lihue, Kauai
83 – 71  Honolulu, Oahu
8067  Molokai AP
82 – 69  Kahului, Maui
83 – 75  Kailua Kona
80 – 68  Hilo, Hawaiiii

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


1.36  Kilohana, Kauai
0.31  Palisades, Oahu
0.87  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.26  Hana AP, Maui
2.37  Saddle Quarry, Big Island


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


21  Port Allen, Kauai – NE
35  Kuaokala,
Oahu – NE
33  Molokai – NE
33  Lanai – NE

25  Kahoolawe -NNE
08  Kaupo Gap, Maui – NW

29  Waikoloa, Big Island – ENE


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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High cirrus clouds moving over the state from the southwest…
mostly over the Big Island


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Clear with some cloudy conditions…swath of cirrus moving east


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A few showers are falling over the nearby ocean…spreading
onto the windward sides locally – a few quite generous


Here’s the looping radar image for the Hawaiian Islands

Small Craft Advisory…strong trade winds across coastal
and channel waters around Maui County and the Big Island


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Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~



Strong and gusty trade winds will continue…easing-up some Wednesday through Friday
. 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 large and strong, near 1034 millibar high pressure system located to the north-northeast of the state. This high pressure cell has an elongated ridge of high pressure extending southwest from its center…which is located well to the northwest of Hawaii. As a result of these high pressure features, and low pressure well to the south in the deeper tropics, our winds will continue to come in from the trade wind direction. These trades will remain strong and gusty in our exposed locations. The outlook shows no definite end to this long lasting trade wind episode…although decreasing some during the second half of this work week. The extended outlook calls for this trade wind weather pattern to continue into next week, with fairly minor day to day fluctuations in strength.

Showers will continue in an off and on manner…mostly along the windward coasts and slopes. The windward sides will see the most notable shower activity, a few of which may become briefly quite generous during the overnight hours. Most of the incoming showers will arrive during the cooler night and early morning hours…although not exclusively. There may be a couple of showers carried over into the leeward sides at times on the smaller islands, and a few falling in the upcountry area during the afternoon hours on the Big Island. Meanwhile, the subtropical jet stream is carrying a large swath of high clouds over the eastern islands, from the deeper tropics to our southwest. These cirrus clouds continue to slowly move eastward, likely clearing the Big Island by Wednesday morning. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above, I hope you have a great Tuesday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Here on Maui...early Tuesday morning before sunrise, skies are partly cloudy in general, with some thin high clouds too. In addition, there’s still that large bank of low clouds over the windward coasts and slopes…which are dropping showers. The air temperature here in Kula at 545am was 51.6 degrees, with a light down slope breeze from the summit of the Haleakala Crater…which was showing a 39 degree temperature. At the same time, it was a warmer 71 at the Kahului airport under cloudy skies.

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We’re into the middle afternoon hours, with lots of clear blue skies over many areas. In contrast, there’s partly to mostly cloudy conditions over and around the mountains. The winds are main thing, which continue to be rather on the gusty side, although not as strong as the last several days.

~~~ We’ve pushed into the early evening hours now, with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies in general. The winds are still uppity, with a gust just above 40 mph on the small island of Lanai, just across the way from west Maui. It turned out to be a lovely day, especially after the morning clouds and showers along the windward sides backed off…although they will return tonight into Wednesday morning.


World-wide tropical cyclone activity:


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Atlantic Ocean:
The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


Here’s a satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean

>>> Caribbean Sea: The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


>>> Gulf of Mexico:
The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


Here’s a satellite image of the Caribbean Sea…and the Gulf of Mexico.

>>> Eastern Pacific: The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 North Pacific hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on May 15, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


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
: The central north Pacific hurricane season has officially ended. Routine issuance of the tropical weather outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, special tropical weather outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


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


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Northwest Pacific OceanTyphoon 07W (Dolphin) remains active, and will gradually strengthen…as it moves by to the north of Fananu and Chuuk, and then very near or over Guam. Here’s the JTWC graphical track map…along with a satellite imagelooping view


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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: 
Cycling vs. Car Transportation – What’s more expensive? Owning a car or a bicycle? Answer seems obvious doesn’t it? But how much more expensive are cars compared to bicycles?


First, we need to consider not only the actual cost of the vehicle, but the hidden cots which can be related to air pollution, climate change, travel routes, noise, road wear, health, congestion, and time.


Lucky for us, researchers have compared the costs and according to a Lund University study, traveling by car is six times more expensive for society and individuals.


Researchers used Copenhagen, Denmark as a subject city to study the price of car use compared to cycling.


In the comparative study, Stefan Gössling from Lund University and Andy S. Choi from the University of Queensland have investigated a cost-benefit analysis that the Copenhagen Municipality uses to determine whether new cycling infrastructure should be built.


The study considers how much cars cost society and how they compare to bicycles in terms of the hidden costs and benefits identified in Copenhagen.


The study concluded that cars have a greater negative impact on the economy than bicycles.


For example, if the costs to society and the costs to private individuals are added together, the impact of the car is EUR 0.50 per kilometer and the impact of the bicycle is EUR 0.08 per kilometer.


The study by Stefan Gössling and his colleague also shows that if we only look at costs/benefits for society, one kilometer by car costs EUR 0.15, whereas society earns EUR 0.16 on every kilometer cycled.


“The cost-benefit analysis in Copenhagen shows that investments in cycling infrastructure and bike-friendly policies are economically sustainable and give high returns”, says Stefan Gössling.


Cost-benefit analysis is a method used to calculate the benefits to society of infrastructure investments.


Of course not every community is set up for cycling. Suburban neighborhoods thrive on car transport and in most cases, biking is not a viable option especially when it comes to transporting large items, or your kids around town. But in neighborhoods where biking is possible and infrastructure is present, you may want to consider substituting your four-wheeled gas-guzzler for a two-wheeled high-speed.