Glenn’s Daily Weather Narrative

Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday:

80  Lihue, Kauai
83  Honolulu, Oahu
83  Molokai
85  Kahului, Maui
83  Kona, Hawaii
82  Hilo, Hawaii

Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level – and on the highest mountain tops on Maui and the Big Island…as of 710pm Wednesday evening:

Kailua Kona – 79
Hilo, Hawaii – 72

Haleakala Summit –   45 (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 39 (13,000+ feet on the Big Island)

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. Here’s the Haleakala Crater webcam on Maui – if it’s working.

Aloha Paragraphs

East to east-southeast winds…strongest over Maui County
and the Big Island

Generally clear to partly cloudy, with some cloudy periods…
with just a few showers through Saturday

Beautiful sliver moon with Venus…western horizon this evening!

The following numbers represent the most recent top wind gusts (mph), along with directions as of Wednesday evening:

13  Port Allen, Kauai – SE
17  Kahuku Trng, Oahu – ESE
22  Molokai – E
20  Lanai – NE
33  Kahoolawe – E
17  Lipoa, Maui – E
27  Upolu airport, Big Island – ENE

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

0.27  Poipu, Kauai
0.09  Kaneohe MCBH, Oahu
0.00  Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.01  Ulupalakua, Maui
0.10  Pahoa, Big Island

We can use the following links to see what’s going on in our area of the north central Pacific Ocean. Here’s the latest NOAA satellite picture – the latest looping satellite image… and finally the latest looping radar image for the Hawaiian Islands.

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

Our winds will come in from the east and east-southeast through the next several days. Here’s the latest weather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the Pacific Ocean. We find a strong high pressure system far to the northeast of the state, with the tail-end of its associated ridge offshore to the northeast of the central islands. At the same time, we see several low pressure systems to the north-northwest of the state, with a weak trough of low pressure near Kauai…along with a couple of frontal boundaries a bit further to the northwest. As this trough near Kauai, which is associated with the cold front from this past weekend, pulls away from Kauai, we’ll continue to see or winds coming in from the east to east-southeast across the state. Wind speeds will vary, although be light to moderately strong for the most part…lightest at night.

Our overlying atmosphere remains quite dry and stable…and will remain that way through the first half of the weekend. Satellite imagery shows a few patches of lower level clouds around, with clear skies over most of the rest of the state. There is however, an area of slightly showery looking clouds to the east of the Big Island, which should bring a modest increase in showers to that island…and perhaps Maui early Thursday morning. At the same time, we see those bright white areas of high cirrus clouds, oriented from southwest to northeast for the most part. Here’s the looping radar image, showing a limited amount of showers falling, mostly over the nearby ocean…with just a few showers being carried over the islands in places at the time of this writing.

Skies will remain clear to partly cloudy, with some cloudy periods here and there…clearing out quite nicely during the nights in most areas. Most of whatever showers that are around, will fall along our windward sides through Saturday. Although, there may be a few light showers over the leeward slopes during the afternoon hours locally at times too. As we get into Sunday and early next week, we could see some changes…with our weather turning wetter again then, especially around the Big Island and Maui. If the models are right about this shift in our winds towards the southeast, we could see returning volcanic haze too…stay tuned. I’ll be back early Thursday morning with your your next new weather narrative from paradise, I hope you have a great Wednesday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Here’s the NWS rainfall outlook for this winter – the Hawaiian Islands


World-wide tropical cyclone activity:

Atlantic Ocean: The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th…and has now ended

Here’s a satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean

Caribbean Sea:

Gulf of Mexico:

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: The Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15th through November 30th…and has now ended. Here’s the 2013 hurricane season summary

Here’s a wide satellite image that covers the entire area between Mexico, out through the central Pacific…to the International Dateline.