Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday…along with the minimums Monday:
84 – 79 Lihue, Kauai
91 – 75 Honolulu, Oahu – tied the record high temperature…set back in 1990
87 – 72 Molokai
90 – 68 Kahului AP, Maui – the record high was 94…set back in 1984
87 – 78 Kailua Kona AP
87 – 69 Hilo, Hawaii
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands, as of Monday evening:
0.43 Makaha Ridge, Kauai
0.03 Moanalua RG, Oahu
0.01 Molokai
0.00 Lanai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.05 Kahakuloa, Maui
0.34 Kawainui Stream, Big Island
The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph)…as of Monday evening:
17 Port Allen, Kauai – SE
18 Makua Range, Oahu – SW
24 Molokai – NNE
24 Lanai – NE
29 Kahoolawe – ENE
27 Kahului AP, Maui – NNE
22 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
Major Category 4 Hurricane 19E (Olaf) remains
active to the southeast of Hawaii
Here’s a wind profile…of the offshore waters
around the islands – with a closer view
Most of the weather models turn Hurricane Olaf north and then
northeast, offshore to the east of Hawaii…with no current threat
Close up view of Hurricane Olaf…which has moved into
our central Pacific now – with a distinct eye
Very dynamic Hurricane Olaf…far to the southeast
Clear to partly cloudy…with a fragmented cloud band to our
east and northeast, which will bring some windward showers
our way tonight into Tuesday early morning
Showers falling over the islands locally…some are
generous on Oahu – looping radar image
Small Craft Wind Advisory…windiest coasts and channels
around Maui County and the Big Island
High Surf Advisory…for east facing shores of the Big Island –
6am Wednesday to 6am Thursday
~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~
Our trade winds will be moderately strong in general…continuing through the week. 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 our primary high pressure systems to the northwest and northeast of the state. At the same time, we find a storm low pressure system far north of the Hawaiian Islands. There’s an associated comma shaped cold front draping south and southwest from its center. Meanwhile, former tropical cyclone Nora remains a trough of low pressure offshore to the west of the islands. Our winds will come in from the northeast to east-northeast, with no definite end in sight.
We’ll find showers falling over the islands…mostly along our windward sides. We’ve dropped into a fairly normal, autumn trade wind weather pattern this week. The leeward sides will be nice and sunny, and warm during the days. The windward sides will be just fine as well, with most of the showers falling during the night and early morning hours. There is one area of showery looking clouds looming to the east and northeast, which will be carried our way on the trades into Tuesday morning. Looking ahead, the next cold front will approach the islands…although it will stall over the ocean before arriving. Otherwise, there are no unusual weather conditions in sight for the time being…with drier than normal conditions arriving later this week.
Here on Maui…It’s 545am Monday morning with clear to partly cloudy skies…with showers falling locally along our windward sides. At sunrise, the high cirrus clouds in our area lit up a beautiful orange color! This was the coolest morning of the autumn season so far here at my place in Kula, the temperature dipped down to 50.3 degrees. In contrast, the Kahului AP had a low temperature of 68 degrees…which was the coolest temperature across the state at sea level.
– We’re into the afternoon now, under partly cloudy skies for the most part…its a nice day. I can see a fair amount of high cirrus clouds around too, which leads me to believe we will likely have a colorful sunset.
– We’ve pushed into the early evening hours now, under partly to mostly cloudy skies, some of which consist of the high cirrus variety. These of course often light up at sunset, providing island residents with nice colors at times. By the way, even though we have a very powerful hurricane moving into our central Pacific tonight, there continues to be little to worry about. We will begin to receive some high surf along our southeast and eastern shores with time, although that should be all…hopefully!
I’ll be back with many more updates on all of the above and below, I hope you have a great Monday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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
1.) A weak area of low pressure located just east of the coast of Belize is producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity across portions of the northwestern Caribbean Sea, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Belize. Although upper-level winds are marginally conducive for tropical cyclone formation, land interaction is expected to inhibit significant development while the disturbance moves slowly westward to west-northwestward across the southern Yucatan Peninsula and into the extreme southwestern Gulf of Mexico during the next few days. Regardless of tropical cyclone formation, this system is likely to produce heavy rainfall across portions of Belize, northern Guatemala, Honduras, and the Yucatan Peninsula during the next few days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days…low…10 percent
>>> 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 20E is now active in the northeast Pacific Ocean, located 445 miles east-southeast of Acapulco, Mexico, with sustained winds of 35 mph. Here’s the NHC graphical track map, along with a satellite image of this system…and what the computer models are showing
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:
Hurricane 19E (Olaf) has now moved in the central Pacific Ocean, located 1115 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, with sustained winds of 150 mph. Here’s the CPHC graphical track map, along with a satellite image of this system…and what the computer models are showing
Here’s a link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC)
Tropical storm 24W (Koppu) remains active north of Luzon Island, Philippines, located 276 NM north of Manila, Philippines, with sustained winds of 52 mph. Here’s the JTWC graphical track map, along with a satellite image of this system…and what the computer models are showing
Typhoon 25W (Champi) remains active in the northwest Pacific Ocean, located 172 NM south-southwest of Iwo To, Japan, with sustained winds of 93 mph. Here’s the JTWC graphical track map, along with a satellite image of this system…and what the computer models are showing
>>> North and South Indian Oceans / Arabian Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones
Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)
Interesting: Bees don’t like diesels! – Diesel fumes may be reducing the availability of almost half the most common flower odors that bees use to find their food, new research has found.
The new findings suggest that toxic nitrous oxide (NOx) in diesel exhausts could be having an even greater effect on bees’ ability to smell out flowers than was previously thought.
NOx is a poisonous pollutant produced by diesel engines which is harmful to humans, and has also previously been shown to confuse bees’ sense of smell, which they rely on to sniff out their food.
Researchers from the University of Southampton and the University of Reading found that there is now evidence to show that, of the eleven most common single compounds in floral odours, five have can be chemically altered by exposure to NOx gases from exhaust fumes.
Lead author Dr Robbie Girling, from the University of Reading’s Center for Agri-Environmental Research (formerly of University of Southampton), said: “Bees are worth millions to the British economy alone, but we know they have been in decline worldwide.
“We don’t think that air pollution from diesel vehicles is the main reason for this decline, but our latest work suggests that it may have a worse effect on the flower odors needed by bees than we initially thought.
“People rely on bees and pollinating insects for a large proportion of our food, yet humans have paid the bees back with habitat destruction, insecticides, climate change and air pollution.
“This work highlights that pollution from dirty vehicles is not only dangerous to people’s health, but could also have an impact on our natural environment and the economy.”
Co-author Professor Guy Poppy, from the Institute of Life Sciences at the University of Southampton, said: “It is becoming clear that bees are at risk from a range of stresses from neonicitinoid insecticides through to varroa mites. Our research highlights that a further stress could be the increasing amounts of vehicle emissions affecting air quality. Whilst it is unlikely that these emissions by themselves could be affecting bee populations, combined with the other stresses, it could be the tipping point.”
This latest research is part of continuing studies into the effects of air pollution on bees. Previous work in 2013 found that bees in the lab could be confused by the effects of diesel pollution. Dr Girling and Dr Tracey Newman from the University of Southampton are currently studying how diesel fumes may have direct effects on the bees themselves.
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