Hawaiian Islands Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs / October 6-7, 2015

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

83 – 70  Lihue, Kauai
86 – 75  Honolulu, Oahu
82 – 71  Molokai
84 – 71  Kahului AP, Maui
90 – 79  Kailua Kona AP
84 – 73  Hilo, Hawaii

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

0.80  Kilohana, Kauai
0.63  Poamoho RG 1, Oahu
5.77  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.44  Lanai
0.26  Kahoolawe
3.39  Pukalani, Maui
4.56  Laupahoehoe, Big Island

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

30  Lihue, Kauai – N
37  Kuaokala, Oahu – NNE
28  Molokai – NE
33  Lanai – NE
44  Kahoolawe – NNE
28  Kapalua, Maui – N 
46  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

Hurricane Oho to our east-northeast…with the clouds from
an old cold front over the Big Island

Here’s a wind profile…of the well offshore from the islands –
with a closer view of the Hawaiian Islands

Hurricane Oho will remain offshore to the east-northeast,
then northeast of Hawaii…and remain well offshore from
the California/Oregon/Washington coasts – very unusual!

Close-up view of Hurricane Oho…the 7th hurricane of the 2015
season here in the north central Pacific Ocean

Hurricane Oho to our east-northeast…is a category 2 system,
and will steadily lose strength from this point on

Partly cloudy

Scattered showers – looping radar image

High Surf Advisory…east shores of the Big Island

Small Craft Advisory…windiest coasts and channels
across the state

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

Relatively cool north to northeast winds are active now in the wake of the recent cold front…picking up in strength and veering back to the trade wind direction going forward. 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 well to the northwest and northeast of the state. At the same time, we find Hurricane Oho to our east-southeast, moving northeast. Finally, there’s a developing gale low pressure system far to our north. Our winds are arriving from the north-northeast, and will gradually veer back towards the more normal northeast to easterly directions through Saturday.

We’ll find localized showers over the state tonight into Wednesday. An old cold front brought showers to Maui County…and the northern Big Island recently. As Hurricane Oho gets into the area northeast of the islands, the trade winds will carry some showers into the windward sides, most notably on the Big Island. Looking into the second half of this week…generally fine trade wind weather pattern is expected. However, it should be pointed out that we won’t likely be done with tropical showers, as some of the models show more moisture coming up over the Big Island and perhaps Maui from the southeast late this weekend or early next week…followed by a possible cold front arriving over the Kauai end of the state.

Here on Maui…It’s 540am Tuesday morning with partly to mostly cloudy skies…with windward showers.  Here in Kula, it rained all night, and now has finally slowed down in the last few minutes, although hasn’t completely stopped. The radar image above still shows rainfall around, most notably along the windward sides of both west and east Maui. The winds are rather breezy, gusting up into the upper 30 mph range locally. / Now at near 8am, the clouds seem to be breaking up to some degree, although it’s breezy here in Kula, and still wet from a recent shower. I can see out a bit more now, with some breaks in the overcast…with some sunshine over towards Lahaina and Kihei and Wailea too. Despite it being only early autumn, this is the first morning that I feel a little early winter in the air…due to the more northerly winds now. / It’s now 930am, and here in upcountry Kula it’s cloudy, cool, with off and on light showers or drizzle. I can’t see down country anymore, so I don’t know how the leeward beaches are doing.

– We’ve pushed into afternoon, and it’s still cloudy, even though I can see some patchy blue skies here and there. I got wet during my early afternoon walk, and still feel chilled. Looking at my outdoor thermometer, I see that it’s only 64 degrees! This is SO MUCH cooler than any day in a very long time, certainly since last spring. I like it on the cool side, and in contrast, it was 83 degrees down at the Kahului airport at near the same time. / At 405pm, skies have totally opened up, becoming mostly clear and beautiful…other than some leftover clouds along the windward sides. It remains me of when a quick moving cold front swings through during the winter months, with much drier air flooding into the area…in the wake of the frontal passage.

– We’re into the early part of the evening now, with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies over Maui, and it’s breezy to windy at the same time.  The air is definitely cooler and drier this evening than anything we’ve seen this past summer. Temperatures will dip into the 60’s tonight near sea level locally, with cooler temperatures into the 50’s at higher elevations. ..that is if the winds slow down enough.

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:

Tropical storm 11L (Joaquin) remains active, located 540 miles southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, with sustained winds of 70 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 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

1.)  Showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave located about 1200 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula have become better organized since yesterday. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the weekend while the system moves west-northwestward at about 15 mph.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…40 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days…high…70 percent

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 07C (Oho) remains active, located 645 miles east-northeast of Hilo, Hawaii, with sustained winds of 110 mph (category 2 hurricane). 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)