Hawaiian Islands Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs / October 26-27, 2015

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

84 – 70  Lihue, Kauai
89 – 76  Honolulu, Oahu
84 – 67  Molokai
85 – 68  Kahului AP, Maui
88 – 74  Kailua Kona AP
86 – 69  Hilo, Hawaii

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

0.31  Kilohana, Kauai
0.06  Poamoho, Oahu
0.31  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.19  Pukalani, Maui
0.11  Lower Kahuku, Big Island

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

13  Port Allen, Kauai – NW
24  Kuaokala, Oahu – NNE
17  Molokai – NE
21  Lanai – NE
27  Kahoolawe – NE
21  Maalaea Bay, Maui – NNE
31  Kona 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

Post-tropical cyclone Olaf is now dissipating in the
eastern Pacific – 45 mph winds / with a weak cold
front moving through the Hawaiian islands

Here’s a wind profile…of the offshore waters
around the islands – with a closer view

A weak cold front is dropping south through the islands

Partly to mostly cloudy, with a cold front bringing
clouds…as it moves through the state today



Showers most concentrated over the windward sides…
associated with the weak cold front – looping radar image

High Surf Warning…large northwest swell for north
and west facing beaches

Small Craft Advisory…coasts and channels – hazardous
sea conditions

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

Our winds will remain light through Tuesday…and then increase for a day or two. 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 high pressure systems to the west, north and northeast of the state. At the same time, we find deep storm low pressure systems far to our northwest and north. There’s a cold front draping southwest from one of these deep storm low pressure systems…which is moving through the state of Hawaii into Tuesday. Gusty trade winds will return briefly into mid-week, followed by lighter breezes later Thursday or Friday, into the weekend…possible volcanic haze at times then.

We’ll find a few showers falling over the islands…increasing some as a cold front passes down through the state into Tuesday.  Weather conditions will be pretty nice in the wake of this weak cold frontal cloud band. The forecast continues to show that we’ll see another stronger cold front approaching the state around Thursday. This front should probably stall just to the northwest of Kauai before arriving Friday. However, its close proximity will allow it to bring increasing clouds into the state, drawn up from the deeper tropics to our southeast. There may be an associated trough of low pressure as well, with the possibility of locally heavy showers falling into the weekend…perhaps even into the early part of next week.

Here on Maui…it’s 535am Monday morning with mostly clear skies…with a few minor clouds along the windward sides. Here at my Kula weather tower early this morning before sunrise it was mostly clear, while the air temperature was 54.7 degrees, compared to the 69 degree reading down at the Kahului airport at the same time. / It’s 10am now, and thick fog has arrived over the upper Kula area, with a cool 68 degrees…while it was 79 down in Kahului at about the same time.

– We’re into the early afternoon now, under cloudy skies with fog, and light drizzle on a relatively cool breezes…at least here in upcountry Kula. I can’t see down below, although the report is saying mostly skies are happening in Kahului in contrast. It was partly sunny over in Kapalua, and those are all the reports I can get at the time of this writing.

– We’re into the early evening now, still well before sunrise, with lots of the earlier clouds now having dissipated. At the same time, we see lots of high cirrus clouds around, which will light up a nice color at sunset…keep an eye out.

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

>>> 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:  

Post-tropical cyclone 19E (Olaf) is dissipating in the eastern Pacific Ocean, located 1355 miles east-northeast of Hilo, Hawaii, with sustained winds of 45 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: There are no active tropical cyclones

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