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

86 – 76  Lihue, Kauai
85 – 78  Honolulu, Oahu
91 – 74  Molokai AP
9473  Kahului AP, Maui – record high Tuesday 96…in 1983
90 – 79  Kona AP
78 – 73 
Hilo AP, Hawaii

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

2.78  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
2.20  Poamoho RG 1,
Oahu
0.04  Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.09  Kahoolawe
4.66  Hana AP, Maui
9.30  Hilo AP, Big Island!

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

17  Moloaa Dairy, Kauai
18  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
22  Molokai
13  Lanai

29  Kahoolawe
16  Maalaea Bay, Maui

18  South Point, Big Island

Hawaii’s MountainsHere’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

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Unsettled weather over us for the time being

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Thunderstorms over and around the islands…with an out of season cold front to the northwest

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Partly to mostly cloudy, heavy showers locally…with thunderstorms in the area

 

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Showers and rain are heavy around parts of the state
Looping radar image


Flash Flood Watch
…all of the state

Flash Advisory…island of Oahu

Small Craft Advisory…Maalaea Bay, Pailolo and Alenuihaha Channels

Marine Weather Statement…strong thunderstorm over Big Island leeward waters

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

Our winds will be lighter…through the middle of this week. Here’s the latest weather map, showing a near 1033 millibar high pressure system far northeast of Hawaii. The trades have eased up, allowing sultry conditions to develop, with daytime sea breezes through Wednesday. There’s some volcanic haze shifting over the smaller islands locally now too. During the second half of the week, starting around Thursday, more normal trade winds will return…taking the edge off the muggy weather then.

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

Here’s the Hawaiian Islands Sulfate Aerosol animated graphic showing vog forecast

Clouds and showers will be active…with locally heavy downpours. An unsettled weather pattern has taken over the state, and will remain in place over for the time being, with locally heavy rainfall, here and there at times. Showers will favor windward areas during the night, and the interior sections during the afternoon Wednesday. However, with that being said…showers could fall just about anywhere at any time. During the second half of this week, we should see the return of stronger trade winds, with a more typical summertime weather pattern taking over into the weekend.

Marine environment details: A satellite pass clipped the eastern waters surrounding Maui and the Big Island, and showed moderate to fresh easterly winds. The strongest winds were located across the Alenuihaha Channel, and the waters south of the Big Island.

Elsewhere, observations and the latest model guidance support light to moderate east-southeast winds continuing through tonight, as a weak surface trough passes south of the marine areas. Moderate to strong trade winds will gradually begin to fill in across the region by Thursday and continue into the weekend, as high pressure rebuilds north of the state. Seas will respond and build through this time.

Small craft advisory winds will become a possibility across the typically windier locations between Molokai and the Big Island beginning Thursday. No significant surf is expected through the period.

 

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Rain locally…some heavy with thunder


World-wide tropical cyclone activity…

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>>> Atlantic Ocean:

Tropical Storm 07L (Gaston) remains active in the Atlantic Ocean, located about 1020 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands…here’s the NHC graphical track map, with a satellite image…along with computer models

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1.)  Satellite images, surface observations, and radar data indicate that a broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave is located over the northern Leeward Islands. Showers and thunderstorms have become more concentrated overnight and are showing signs of organization, but the system still appears to lack a well-defined circulation. Although environmental conditions are currently only marginally conducive for additional development, this system could become a tropical depression at any time during the next few days while it moves west-northwestward at about 15 mph across the northern Leeward Islands, near or over Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and the Bahamas. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate the disturbance late this morning. Gusty winds, heavy rains, and possible flash floods and mudslides are expected to occur over portions of the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and the southeastern and central Bahamas. Please consult products issued by your local meteorological offices for further details. Interests in the northwestern Bahamas and Florida should also monitor the progress of this system.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…60 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days…high…80 percent

Here’s a satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean

>>> Caribbean Sea: No active tropical cyclones

>>> Gulf of Mexico: 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: No active tropical cyclones

1.) Showers and thunderstorms associated with a low pressure system located about 350 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, have become better organized overnight. Environmental conditions are conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression is likely to form later today or on Thursday while the low moves west-northwestward and then westward at 10 to 15 mph, away from the coast of Mexico.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…high…90 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days…high…90 percent

2.) Showers and thunderstorms associated with another area of low pressure located about 1000 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula are also showing signs of organization. Environmental conditions are conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is expected to form by this weekend while the low moves westward or west- northwestward at about 15 mph.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…40 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days…high…80 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
: No active tropical cyclones

No Tropical Cyclones expected through at least the next 2-days

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

>>> Northwest Pacific Ocean:

Typhoon 12W (Lionrock)
remains active in the western Pacific, located 251 NM east-southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa…here’s the JTWC graphical track map, with a satellite image , with what the computer models are showing

Tropical Depression 14W
is dissipating over the western Pacific, located 349 NM east of Iwo To, Japan…here’s the JTWC graphical track map, with a satellite imageFinal Warning

>>>
South Pacific Ocean:
No active tropical cyclones


>>>
North and South Indian Oceans / Arabian Sea:
No active tropical cyclones

Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)


Interesting: 
Fixing America’s Waste Problem America’s massive, growing landfills are the result of many decades of bad policies and decisions. And it will take a concerted, society-wide effort to solve this problem. Let’s dive deeper into just how big our landfill waste problem is and how we can begin to shift toward a circular economy.

This is not just about waste. Landfills are directly connected to the larger sustainability issues facing this country. One of the reasons that America went down the path of throw-it-away is related to the reason we decided to build vast suburbs instead of dense, sustainable, walkable cities. We have a lot of land compared to most other developed countries. The same space we used to build suburbs, roads and an auto-centric culture, we also used to hide our waste as we moved into a throw-away economy.

Today, we have 2,000 landfills and counting, with our collective waste growing by the day. What began as a simple solution to a changing economy grew into a massive problem. The average American produces an astounding 4.4 pounds of trash every day, according to EPA estimates. 

How much trash is there?

Landfills are also a source of greenhouse gas pollution, with a significant portion coming from methane, which happens to be 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide. This methane comes from the vast amounts of organic materials found in landfills.

Eliminating methane pollution has been cited as a key, short-term environmental goal if we are to achieve future climate goals. So far, little is being done across the country to limit landfill methane emissions. While capturing those emissions is key, it would be better to just eliminate organic waste from landfills altogether, by ensuring we eliminate food waste and compost the rest.

So, how can we get better? Perhaps we can look abroad, as other countries have lessons for America. Germany achieves a recycling rate of 62 percent, far higher than our 34 percent, due to standardized laws across the country. They also have a high deposit on bottles – 25 euro cents for glass, which for a beer can sometimes be 50 percent of the cost – and a wide network of automated recycling machines that made getting this rebate simple. Other countries, like South Korea — which, due to its high population density and limited land-space, faces constraints on expanding landfills — have built infrastructure to make composting not only simple, but also effective across the nation.

We’re seeing action like this on a smaller scale in U.S. states like California, where recycling rates are higher than the rest of the nation, and municipalities such as San Francisco have implemented mandatory composting. But it’s not enough.

In the end, what we need is a circular, closed-loop economy, where all waste is reused or recycled and nearly nothing ends up in landfills. Building a circular economy won’t be easy. In America, though, the greatest challenge may be inertia, as we overcome the burden of so many years of bad planning and limited infrastructure. Regional action is great, but we need a concerted, national effort to really stem the growth of all those landfills.