Hawaiian Islands Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs / October 27-28, 2015

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

84 – 74  Lihue, Kauai
86 – 73  Honolulu, Oahu
84 – 73  Molokai
86 – 72  Kahului AP, Maui
88 – 74  Kailua Kona AP
86 – 71  Hilo, Hawaii

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

0.72  Kilohana, Kauai
2.96  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
1.02  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.19  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.72  Puu Kukui, Maui
0.75  Kawainui Stream, Big Island

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

33  Port Allen, Kauai – ENE
33  Kuaokala, Oahu – NE
31  Molokai – ENE
32  Lanai – NE
32  Kahoolawe – NNE
33  Maalaea Bay, Maui – N 
37  Kealakomo, 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

A weak cold front has stalled near the Big Island…
with another approaching the state later this week

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

Thunderstorms far south…with cloud bands northwest

Clear to cloudy…with an old cold front stalled
just south of the Big Island



A few showers over the windward sides…with the
old front’s showers southeast of the Big Island
looping radar image

High Surf Warning…large northwest swell for north
and west facing beaches – please be very careful when
going near the ocean on the north and west sides!

Small Craft Advisory…coasts and channels – hazardous
sea conditions

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

Our winds will increase a notch or two temporarily…before fading again Thursday into the weekend. 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 northwest and far northeast of the state. At the same time, we find deep low pressure systems far to our northwest and north. There’s a cold front draping southwest from one of these low pressure systems…which is now stalled just south of the Big Island. Gusty trade winds will return temporarily in the wake of this dissipating front, followed by lighter breezes Thursday into the weekend from the southeast…with possible volcanic haze arriving locally then.

Weather conditions will improve in the wake of the recent frontal cloud band into Thursday. The forecast continues to show that we’ll see another cold front approaching the state by Friday. This next front should probably stall just to the northwest of Kauai before arriving. However, its relatively close proximity will bring increasing clouds into the state, drawn up from the deeper tropics to our southeast. There may be an associated trough of low pressure aloft around then as well, with the possibility of locally heavy showers falling during the weekend. Due to the lighter winds then, these showers will fall mostly in the upcountry areas during the afternoon hours. It’s too early to know if there might be some minor flooding…with a few of those heavier showers here and there.

Here on Maui…it’s 535am Tuesday morning with windward clouds and a few showers. Here at my Kula weather tower early this morning before sunrise it was mostly clear, while the air temperature was 56.3 degrees, compared to the 75 degree reading down at the Kahului airport, 73 in Hana, and 45 at the Haleakala summit at the same time.  / At 1055am, there are lots of blue skies, although there are quite a few low clouds around too. The ragged cold front didn’t do very much for us here on Maui…although Kauai, Oahu, and Molokai were able to get better rains locally.

– We’re into the early afternoon now, under mostly sunny skies…and increasingly strong winds. The winds aren’t all that strong up here in Kula, although elsewhere around the state, they’re quickly approaching the 40 mph mark in gusts…in a few of the windier areas.

– It’s early evening, and it won’t be long before the October full moon rises out of the eastern horizon. By the way, looking down into the central valley from up here in Kula, I’m seeing thick haze. I would imagine that a fair amount of this stuff is salt spray and marine haze, due to the very large surf we have breaking along our north shores…being carried over the island by the gusty trade winds.

I’ll be back with many more updates on all of the above and below, I hope you have a great Tuesday 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:  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

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