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

84 – 74  Lihue, Kauai
88 – 76  Honolulu, Oahu
8569  Molokai AP
85 – 73  Kahului, Maui
87 – 74  Kailua Kona
83 – 71  Hilo, Hawaii

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


0.60  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.70  Tunnel RG, Oahu
0.50  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.08  Hana AP, Maui
1.57  Kawainui Stream, Big Island


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


20  Poipu, Kauai – NE
30  Kuaokala,
Oahu – NNE
27  Molokai – NE
27  Lanai – NE

35  Kahoolawe – NE
30  Maalaea Bay, Maui – NW

30  Kealakomo, 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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Low pressure system well north, with a weak cold front,
along with high cirrus southwest and west of the state


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Lower level clouds…high clouds west –
Looping version of this image


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Showers…mostly along our windward sides and
over the nearby ocean


Here’s the looping radar image for the Hawaiian Islands

Small Craft Advisory…windiest coasts and channels around
Maui County and the Big Island


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Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~



The trade winds will prevail through Saturday…with a slight weakening early Sunday into next Monday. 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 high pressure systems to the northwest, well north and northeast of the state. At the same time, there’s a low pressure system, with an associated cold front to the north of Hawaii. The forecast calls for the trade winds continuing through these last few days of spring, into the beginning of summer on Sunday. There’s a chance that our trade winds take a slight downward trend in strength later this weekend into early next week…bouncing right back Tuesday through all of next week.

Trade wind weather conditions will prevail through Saturday. The windward sides will see a few showers, mostly at night…which will get carried our way on the gusty trade wind flow. We have a fairly normal, well established late spring weather pattern, with nothing out of the ordinary expected until summer starts on Sunday. Interestingly enough, the models continue showing the trade winds slowing down some then, as the tail-end of a very late season cold front moves over Kauai and perhaps Oahu…with an increase in windward biased showers into the early part of next week. Thereafter, fairly typical trade wind weather conditions should resume. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above, I hope you have a great Thursday wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn. 

It’s a little after 6am, with partly cloudy conditions over Maui, consisting of low clouds for the most part, with still a few minor streaks of high cirrus aloft. Some of those clouds along the windward coasts and slopes are dropping light showers at times.
The air temperature here in Kula, at my upcountry weather tower, was 61.3 degrees, while it was 75 down at the Kahului airport, 73 out in Hana, 57 at the Kaupo Gap…and 50 up at the summit of the Haleakala Crater.

– We’ve pushed into the mid-afternoon time frame, and it’s hot and humid, no doubt about it! I haven’t felt this kind of heat, this high up the mountain since last year’s summer season. We’re rubbing up close to summer now, it’s just a few short days away.  Fortunately, there’s a nice cooling trade wind breeze blowing, although its warm at my Kula weather tower. It was 86 degrees at the Kahului airport, with an 81 degree reading out in Hana…and a cooler 64 up at the summit of the Haleakala Crater.

– As we shift into the evening hours, the considerable clouds that have blocked the sunshine much of the day, hang on. The temperature here in Kula at a little before 6pm was 73.2 degrees, while down at the Kahului AP it was 83, 75 in Kapalua, 79 in Hana, and still a relatively warm 61 degrees up at the summit of the Haleakala Crater. By the way, I just picked out the film that I’m going to see Friday evening, and I’m sure many of you will be rolling your eyes at my choice. At any rate, it’s called Mad Max: Fury Road, and it’s a wild one starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron…anyone want to take a look at the intense trailer?


World-wide tropical cyclone activity:


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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


Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days over the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean


>>> Gulf of Mexico:

Tropical Depression Bill is located about 117 miles northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas, with sustained winds of 25 mph, moving east-northeast at 20 mph. Here’s a NHC graphical track map, and a looping satellite image 


RAINFALL: BILL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS AREAS OF ARKANSAS…INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FARTHER EAST INTO THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS WHILE 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE MORE LIKELY TOWARD THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC REGION. THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING…PARTICULARLY IN REGIONS WHICH ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL.


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


No tropical cyclones are expected through the next two days


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


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


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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:
Human Health Risks associated with Climate Change From heat waves to damaged crops to asthma in children, climate change is a major public health concern, argues a Michigan State University researcher in a new study.


Climate change is about more than melting ice caps and images of the Earth on fire, said Sean Valles, assistant professor in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Philosophy, who believes bioethicists could help reframe current climate change discourse.


“When we talk about climate change, we can’t just be talking about money and jobs and polar bears,” he said. “Why do we focus on polar bears? Why not kids? Climate change isn’t just people hurting polar bears. It’s people hurting people.”


The public has become fairly apathetic to climate change, he said. But moving away from “save the environment” messaging could help people focus on the serious health risks of climate change, even if they’re skeptical.


A prime example: antibiotic resistance.


People understand “superbugs” are dangerous, thanks in part to bioethicists’ efforts, Valles said. Working in interdisciplinary teams and contributing to policy discussions, bioethicists have helped to successfully communicate the dangers of “superbugs,” which have evolved to resist penicillin and other antibiotics.


The same thing could happen with climate change if bioethicists have a seat at the table. They could aid communication efforts by doing what bioethicists do best: public advocacy and interdisciplinary collaboration, he said. And they’re experts in the analysis and communication of medical risk.


In addition, ethics will increasingly come into play as the climate change debate continues. Bioethicists could help mitigate tensions between skeptics and experts when dealing with complex socioeconomic issues, as they relate to climate change.


“It would be a major victory if slightly more often people would talk about the health effects, or at least try to imagine, the health-related risks involved with climate change,” Valles said. “There are some important justice issues at stake because the most vulnerable populations will feel the effects of climate change first.”


The study is published in the June edition of the journal Bioethics.