Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennMarch 12-13 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 81F
Honolulu, Oahu – 80
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 83
Hilo, Hawaii – 86
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures early Tuesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77F
Hilo, Hawaii – 64
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Tuesday morning:
1.03 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.37 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.08 MOLOKAI
0.32 LANAI
0.11 KAHOOLAWE
0.87 KAUPO GAP, MAUI
0.10 WAIKII, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a ridge of high pressure over or near the Big Island, with a cold front slowly moving down through the state from the NW. Winds will be southerly, then SW and increasing in strength some ahead of the cold front…turning NW and north behind the frontal cloud band. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those weather symbols mean on the map.
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are available during the daylight hours here in the islands…and when there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two! Plus, during the nights and early mornings you will be able to see stars, and the sunrise too…depending upon cloud conditions.
Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Banana leaves
Photo Credit: Konaboy
A new cold front is approaching the state of Hawaii, which will bring another round of showers this week. The latest computer forecast models continue to show an upper level low pressure trough, and it’s associated surface cold front heading our way. These weather features will turn our winds to the south through SW Monday and Tuesday, increasing some in strength ahead of its arrival. This next cold front will be a slow mover, passing down through the state Tuesday through Thursday…starting off as usual on Kauai, and ending up near the Big Island. This second front will bring another period of showers…some of which will be locally quite heavy. Late Monday afternoon a flood advisory went up for locally heavy rains around Kauai.
The weather Monday will be pretty good, although we’ll already begin to see some prefrontal showers in places. Monday will be a transition day, with southerly Kona winds coming up over us from the deeper tropics. This wind flow will carry some showers, ahead of the actual cold front, and may become a bit gusty too. As the front moves through, along with the upper level support of a trough aloft, we will likely see some locally heavy rainfall amounts accumulating…with some localized. Drier weather will arrive in the wake of the cold front as it moves down through the Aloha state, and statewide by Friday into the upcoming weekend.
It’s early Monday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this sunset commentary. The current Kona winds, coming in from the south and SW directions, have really warmed things up here in the state. Any location near sea level Monday, had high temperatures in the lower to middle 80F’s. There is a lot more humidity in the air now as well, with the flow coming up from the deeper tropics. There have been showers around too, especially up near Kauai and Niihau, although just about all the islands had some form of shower activity in places. Here in Kula, at the 3,100 foot elevation on the west facing slopes of the Haleakala Crater, it was 67 degrees at 630pm, which is many degrees warmer than usual for this time. There’s some streaky high clouds around this evening too, which lit up nicely around sunset. I’m about to go down and make dinner, which will be a nice fat Ahi fish taco, with all the fixin’s….which will include fresh salsa, a few slices of farmers cheese, and leafage of fresh lettuce out of the garden. Yum! I hope you have a great Monday night wherever you happen to be writing from, and that you will meet me here again on Tuesday, for more important weather information about the slow moving cold front that will be working its way down through the island chain. Aloha for now…Glenn.
Note: Due to popular demand (certainly not by my own desire) there’s been added a small picture of Glenn in the upper right hand corner of this page. Now at least, after all these years, you can put a face [or at least the side of a face] to these weather narratives…that is if you haven’t already seen the live broadcast TV weather shows for the last 17 years!
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