February 12-13 2006

 

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

 

Lihue, Kauai – 79F degrees
Honolulu, Oahu -78
Kaneohe, Oahu – 75
Kahului, Maui – 81
Hilo, Hawaii – 74
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82

Temperatures early Sunday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 5 a.m. hour:

 

Kailua-kona – 71
Molokai airport – 59

 

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

 

0.25 PRINCEVILLE AIRPORT, KAUAI
0.27 LULUKU, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.46 HANA AIRPORT, MAUI
0.85 PAHOA, BIG ISLAND

 

Weather Chart — Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…a cold front is approaching from the NW, which is pushing a high pressure ridge closer to the state, with resulting lighter winds today into Monday…becoming gusty from the north to NE after the frontal passage later Monday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather sympbols mean.

 

Hawaii’s Mountains — Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Keaon 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

 

Kauai

 

 

I am having considerable trouble with some of my webpages at the moment. I hope to have some resolution soon, however, until then, please bear with me, as I am working with my website provider to correct the situation. 

 

We have an upper level trough of low pressure moving over the islands now. This will provide the impetus for an unstable atmosphere. This in turn will make our overlying air mass shower prone today into Monday. As the coldest upper air temperatures arrive later Sunday, at the same time as the greatest daytime heating, we will see considerable clouds forming. These cumulus clouds may take on the form of towering cumulus, or even cumulonimbus…also known as thunderstorms.

 

Therefore, we may see locally heavy showers later Sunday into the night. There may be some localized flooding and ponding of roadways, so that caution should be exercised in terms of driving. This upper trough of low pressure is forecast by the latest computer forecast models to wobble around the island area for most of the new week ahead. Depending upon where this low is situated, will greatly determine where and when we see periods of rainy weather…some of which could be very heavy by next weekend.

 

Starting later Monday we’ll see the local winds coming out of the north and NE. This wind direction brings chilly weather to the islands. So look for a new period of cooler than normal weather, similar to what we saw last week for several days. As we move into the middle of the new week ahead, our winds will become SW. These kona winds will be warmer, although may bring a new threat of rainy weather towards the end of the week as noted above.

 

It’s early Sunday morning here in Kula, Maui. I’ve been up for a long time trying to fix the pages on this website. I’ve finally cleaned up this page, at least for the moment. I am no expert in this department, working with html code and stuff, so it is very tedious and time consuming. I hope to have time to work with the rest of the pages during the day today. At any rate, Sunday is starting off nice enough, although there are definite signs that we’ll be getting cloudier and locally wetter later today, as described in the paragraphs above. The current weather reality here in the central Pacific Ocean is unusually complex. As I glance around in my chair, there’s the huge almost full moon of February sinking down in the western horizon! It has certainly been keeping our night skies well lit up the last several days. I’ll be back later for more weather updates, and a sunset commentary too. Aloha for now…Glenn.

 

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