Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday…along with the minimums Monday:
84 – 71 Lihue, Kauai
87 – 73 Honolulu, Oahu
87 – 66 Molokai
92 – 69 Kahului, Maui
86 – 77 Kailua Kona
86 – 71 Hilo, Hawaii
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands, as of Monday evening:
0.91 Mount Waialeale, Kauai
1.79 Manoa Lyon Arboretum, Oahu
0.00 Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00 Lanai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.01 Hana AP, Maui
2.18 Puho CS, Big Island
The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph)…as of Monday evening:
12 Waimea Heights, Kauai – SW
16 Kahukui Trng, Oahu – SE
21 Molokai – E
12 Lanai – NE
25 Kahoolawe – NE
21 Maalaea Bay, Maui – NNW
23 Upolu AP, 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
Low pressure system with a cold front north and northwest of
the islands…cirrus clipping the Big Island from the southwest
Clouds being carried our way on the lighter trade wind flow,
high cirrus near the Big Island – Looping version
A few showers…although generally dry in most areas –
looping radar image
~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~
Trade winds will continue…although remaining lighter than normal for another day or two. 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 moderately strong high pressure systems to the northwest and northeast of the state. At the same time, there’s a low pressure system to the north, along with its associated cold front. Finally, we see a surface trough of low pressure near our islands too. Our trades will diminish some now, especially over Kauai and Oahu, with onshore daytime sea breezes, and offshore flowing land breezes during the nights. This unusual weather situation is being caused by the relatively close proximity of the low pressure system to our north and its cold front, in addition to the trough of low pressure too. We should see rebounding trade winds a little later this week…remaining well established into the weekend.
We’ll see showers popping-up over the islands during the afternoon hours…locally. The windward sides will still see a few showers, although not many are expected, and mostly during the nights. As the trades remain rather soft for the time being, we’ll see a convective weather pattern continuing. This will manifest as afternoon upcountry clouds leading to localized showers, clearing back during the nights for the most part. Several atmospheric factors may come together…to induce increased shower activity during the mid-week time frame, especially over the eastern islands. This potential enhancement to our local showers, should be followed by a more normal passing shower regime along our windward sides. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above, I hope you have a great Monday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
Here on Maui…it’s 540am Monday morning, with mostly clear conditions. The air temperature here in Kula, at my upcountry weather tower was 53.2 degrees, while it was 69 down at the Kahului airport, 75 out in Hana…and 45 up at the summit of the Haleakala Crater at near the same time. It’s a totally gorgeous day, all of the recent haze is now gone! / It’s late morning now, with clouds stacking-up around the mountains…while the beaches remain quite sunny and warm to very warm.
– We’re into the mid-afternoon period, with increasingly dark cumulus clouds developing over and around the mountains. Glancing down towards the beaches, I continue to see mostly sunny to partly cloudy conditions. It’s a warm 81 degrees up here in Kula, although falling well short of a much hotter 92 degrees down in Kahului. Kahului missed tying the record high temperature for the day…by only one degree. We’ve got a good sea breeze blowing, and its still too early to know if we’ll see a shower later this afternoon.
– It’s now into the early evening hours, under clear to partly cloudy skies, and light winds for the most part.
World-wide tropical cyclone activity:
>>> Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
>>> Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones
>>> Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclones
Here’s a satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean
Here’s a satellite image of the Caribbean Sea…and the Gulf of Mexico
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days over the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea or Atlantic Ocean
Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center (NHC)
>>> 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.
No tropical cyclones are expected through the next five days
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 09W (Chan-hom) is active in the northwest Pacific. Here’s the JTWC graphical track map, along with a satellite image. Here’s what the GFS and NAVGEM computer models are showing.
>>> South Pacific Ocean: Tropical Depression 25P is active in the southwest Pacific. Here’s the JTWC graphical track map, along with a satellite image.
>>> North and South Indian Oceans: There are no active tropical cyclones
Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)
Interesting: How Rainwater Could Save Rupees – Rainwater could save people in India a bucket of money, according to a new study by scientists looking at NASA satellite data.
The study, partially funded by NASA’s Precipitation Measurement Missions, found that collecting rainwater for vegetable irrigation could reduce water bills, increase caloric intake and even provide a second source of income for people in India.
The study, published in the June issue of Urban Water Journal, is based on precipitation data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which provided observations of rainfall over the tropics and subtropics from 1997 to 2015.
“India has severe problems getting potable water to all of its residents,” said Dan Stout, research assistant in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Utah and one of three authors of the study. “We considered collecting water in a relatively small tank, and it’s amazing the effect that doing something that small and simple can have on the Indian people.”
Rainwater harvesting is not a new concept, but the team said it is currently a largely untapped resource in India. Other researchers have studied rainwater harvesting as a potential solution for the country’s water problems, but they mostly focused on its use to replenish groundwater levels, which does not provide any direct benefit for immediate water supply. The water must run off into the ground before being pumped again for use aboveground.
Here, the team examined the possibilities if Indians collected precipitation in cheap 200-gallon tanks that they could easily engineer to fit in densely populated urban areas, such as many of India’s growing cities. The team analyzed satellite data of precipitation in different areas to evaluate the availability of rainwater for direct harvesting—information that would have been nearly impossible to obtain if not for TRMM.
“I spent a decent amount of time trying to find precipitation data in India,” Stout said. “For the most part, it didn’t exist or was kept under lock and key, aside from annual accrued averages across large regions of the country. That was not at all sufficient. Before I found TRMM’s data, I was thinking we would have to drop the project.”
TRMM precipitation estimates show the variation in rainfall at 3.1-mile resolution, even in areas where ground measurements are non-existent.
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