Hawaiian Islands Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs / September 20-21, 2015

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

84 – 79  Lihue, Kauai
91 – 80  Honolulu, Oahu – record high temperature Sunday 92…in 1986
86 – 70  Molokai
90 – 75  Kahului AP, Maui – record high temperature Sunday 92…in 1953
89 – 76  Kailua Kona AP
78 – 73  Hilo, Hawaii

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

1.54  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.70  Poamoho RG 1, Oahu
0.24  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.01  Kahoolawe
3.67  Puu Kukui, Maui
6.92  Hilo AP, Big Island

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

18  Popu, Kauai – NE
27  Kuaokala, Oahu – NE
30  Molokai – NNE
24  Lanai – NE
36  Kahoolawe – SE
31  Maalaea Bay, Maui – N 
36  Kohala Ranch, 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

Tropical Depression 05C well to the northwest

Here’s a wind profile…of the area around the islands

Tropical Depression 05C

Tropical Depression 05C will be no threat to our islands

Generally partly cloudy skies over the state, with cloudy
periods and showers…some locally heavy

There are showers offshore, some are heavy…
especially over the eastern islands
looping radar image

Flash Flood Watch…Maui County and the
Big Island – through this afternoon

Small Craft Wind Advisory…all coasts and
channels through Tuesday morning

High Surf Advisory…south facing shores
of all islands through this evening

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

The moderately strong trade winds, locally stronger at times…will remain in place through the remainder of summer 2015. Here’s the latest weather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the North Pacific Ocean, along with a wind profiler of the central Pacific. We find a moderately strong high pressure system to the north-northeast of the state. Our winds are arriving from the trade wind direction, and will continue to do so through the new week ahead. This in turn will keep a late summer trade wind weather pattern in place, until autumn begins Tuesday. There is no definite end in sight…to the current trade wind weather pattern into the first part of Autumn.

We’ll find occasional showers along our windward sides…some of which are heavy near the Big Island and east Maui. There will be off and on showers arriving along our windward sides over the next couple of days, especially over the eastern islands. There will continue to be those afternoon showers forming along the Kona coast and slopes as well. As we shift from summer to autumn on Tuesday, and through the rest of the week, we’ll find periods of increased showers. The windward sides will start off this prolonged wet episode…although the leeward areas should get into the act during the second half of the week as well.

Here on Maui…It’s 615am Sunday morning, and its clear to partly cloudy…with showers falling along the windward sides. The leeward beaches around Kihei, Wailea have more clouds than normal for the early morning, although it looks dry. Here in Kula, I can see that my deck is wet from a shower or two last night. Jeff and I had breakfast out at the little French Restaurant here in Kula, rousing conversation as usual.

– It’s early afternoon now, under partly to mostly cloudy skies, and yes, perhaps even some haze down in the central valley. There has been some showers out along the windward sides, and it looks a little showery down towards Keokea and Ulupalakua too. / Later afternoon and we’re having our third shower of the day, all have been light here in Kula, despite the Flash Flood Watch now active through Monday afternoon.

– We’re into the early evening now, and it’s mostly cloudy, although not raining or even lightly showering at this time. It wouldn’t surprise me to find some rain moving over Maui County tonight into Monday. The atmosphere feels very moisture laden this evening before sunset. My friend Jeff invited me over to his place this evening to see a film called Tell No One. He and I have been spending quite a bit of time together, as his girlfriend Svetlana is in Germany teaching now. I work so much, It’s nice to have someone to hang out with, plus we both really like films…which is good.

I’ll be back with many more updates on all of the above and below, I hope you have a great Sunday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Friday Evening Film: Well, this film is no light weight piece of work…that’s for sure! The first time I saw the trailer, I knew right away that I wanted to see it, despite its rough nature. It’s called, and talk about a heavy and dark title, Black Mass, starring Johhny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sienna Miller, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson, and Jesse Plemons…among many others. The synopsis: In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.

My goodness what a film, what a well done gangster film, which Johnny Depp carried on his shoulders…with excellent supportive actors across the board! Typically, we think of Johnny Depp being a clown or a pirate lately, or whatever. This film swings way way over in the other direction…and then some! It was a bit frightening to watch, with evil in full supply…brought forth in large measure by Johnny Depp. The film was remarkable, and I’m already reading that Depp may be in line for the best actor Oscar Award for his performance. It was a breathtaking performance, a masterpiece for this type of mobster flick.

I saw the film with my friend Jeff, and shortly after leaving the theater I asked him about a grade, and without hesitation he said A. As for my take, I’d sneak it into the very thin slot between an A and an A minus. Wait just a second here, I just watched the trailer again early Saturday morning, and it brought this great film back into focus…I’m changing my grade to a full-on A! By the way, the theater was one of the larger in this Kahului megaplex, and was filled with more than the ordinary number of women. I’m not sure they knew what they were getting into, although I’m quite sure that many of them came exclusively to see Johnny do his thing. Please let me warn you, this trailer is not for the faint of heart, however if you do take a look…its best viewed in full screen.

World-wide tropical cyclone activity:

>>> Atlantic Ocean:

Tropical Storm 10L (Ida) remains active, located 995 miles east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands, with sustained winds of 50 mph. Here’s the NHC graphical track map, along with a satellite image of this system

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

Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center (NHC)

>>> Eastern Pacific: 

Tropical Depression 16E is now active, located 140 miles north of Santa Rosalia, Mexico, with sustained winds of 35 mph. Here’s the NHC graphical track map, along with a satellite image of this system

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:

Tropical Storm 05C (Malia) remains active, located 35 miles west-northwest of Maro Reef, with sustained winds of 40 mph. Here’s the CPHC graphical track map, along with a satellite image…along with what the computer models show.  

1.)  Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure centered about 1100 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii remain disorganized. Environmental conditions will continue to support gradual development over the next couple of days as it moves slowly northwest.

Here’s a satellite image of this area of disturbed weather…with what the computer models are showing

* Formation chance through 48 hours…a low 30 percent

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