February 16-17 2006

Air Temperatures — The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Thursday:

Lihue, Kauai - 78F 
Honolulu, Oahu - 82
Kaneohe, Oahu - 78
Kahului,  Maui  - 82
Hilo, Hawaii -     79
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83

Temperatures early Friday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:

Kailua-kona – 71
KALAELOA, Oahu  – 62

Precipitation Totals — The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of Friday morning) on each of the major islands, including:

1.91  OMAO, KAUAI
0.82  MAKUA RIDGE, OAHU
0.02  MOLOKAI
0.07  LANAI
0.76  KAHOOLAWE
0.22  WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.57  GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND

Weather Chart — Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a trough of low pressure right over the islands. This will keep our winds light and variable in direction through Saturday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.

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 only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!

Satellite Images — To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Imageof the islands to see all the clouds around the state. This next satellite image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible satellite image. The next satellite 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 radar image.

Aloha Paragraphs



Vintage Waikiki Sunset

An unsettled weather pattern will influence the Hawaiian Islands through Saturday. The details include a surface trough of low pressure moving from east to west over us, while an upper level trough will be forming to the NW of Kauai by early Friday. The interaction between these two weather elements will keep our local atmosphere unstable and more than normally shower prone. Meanwhile, light east to SE winds will be blowing across the Aloha state.


The surface trough’s journey across the islands Thursday will bring variable clouds, along with showers at times. The bulk of this moisture will be deposited around the mountains, and along the windward coasts and slopes. As the upper trough develops Thursday night into Friday, it will bring cold air aloft…triggering a greater degree of instability. Cold air up high, and warm moist air near the surface, is the perfect recipe for locally heavy showers.


These rain cells may cause some localized flooding Friday into Saturday. It should be noted that this is a rather complicated weather situation, and it’s still not completely clear about how this will all unfold. It may turn out to be a fairly widespread rain event for a couple of days, or it could be more like isolated heavy showers or a thunderstorm popping up here and there. It will become more clear once the upper low forms by Friday. However, in general, look for showery weather Thursday through Saturday at times.


The latest computer forecast models indicate that the upper trough, along with its surface reflection, will move west on Sunday. This suggests that it will take its inclement weather aspects with it. This is good news, in that it will leave improved weather conditions for the last 2/3 of the upcoming three day holiday weekend coming up! Sunday and Monday look to be drier, and more favorably inclined. Next week on the whole looks to be pretty nice, although its too early to cement that prospect into place just yet.


It’s Thursday evening here in Kula, Maui. I just got back from having a very productive meeting with my web folks, also known as bumpnetworks.com, they are very good at web hosting and serving their clients. At any rate, I continue to add new features, and to make it as useful a website as I possibly can.  I’m going to talk more about it when I have time, although for now just say that I’ll be initiating my annual fund raiser soon. In addition, there is now an opportunity for businesses to put their link on my pages, located on the left hand margin (under the search feature). Let me know if you have interest in putting a link to your webpage. For now though, I’ve got to go down and grab a little dinner before by 9pm bedtime arrives. I hope you had a great Thursday, and that you’ll meet here Friday morning, for the next completely updated Aloha Paragraphs. Be well until then…Glenn.

p.s. If you like the pictures I use on this page, you may want to check out my other pages, as I change the pictures there too.