Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

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Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

Posted by Glenn

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March 21-22 2006

Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Tuesday:

Lihue, Kauai – 80F
Honolulu, Oahu – 79
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79
Kahului, Maui - 82
Hilo, Hawaii – 81
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81

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

Kailua-kona – 73
Hilo airport – 68

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

3.96 KAPAHI, KAUAI
2.52 NIU VALLEY, OAHU
0.18 MOLOKAI
0.77 LANAI
0.01 KAHOOLAWE
0.31 KAUPO GAP, MAUI
0.72 PAHALA, BIG ISLAND

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a low pressure system to the NW of the islands, with its associated trough to our west. At the same time we find a high pressure system far NE, with its associated ridge extending SW to near the Big Island. This will keep light winds around, tending SW or south…today into Thursday. 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 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.

Aloha Paragraphs



That special time of day in the islands…
 


The short break in the locally rainy weather that we saw Monday, is already slipping away fast. A new low pressure system is moving towards Hawaii from the west and SW already. The latest satellite imagery shows considerable clouds edging into our area, most of which will start off as high and middle level clouds. It looks like there’s a very good chance that we’ll see the next wave of showers arriving today. This new batch of wet weather will stick around through Thursday. As a result of this faster than expected return to showery weather…the NWS forecast office in Honolulu has issued a new flash flood watch for the entire state Tuesday.

We thought we might be able to stretch Monday’s nice weather into today, but alas, it isn’t turning out that way. Therefore, we’ll see increasing clouds just about everywhere in the islands now. These clouds will be of the multi-level variety, with embedded heavy showers, or even a thunderstorm in the mix. Anytime we have thunderstorms around, there’s always that chance that we’d see localized flooding. This isn’t going to be a solid two days of rainy weather, there will be breaks, and some places will receive much less than others. Although there’s no way around saying that we’ll lose our recent Hawaiian sunshine in large measure again now.
The latest computer forecast models show that we should see the back end of this showery weather by later Thursday. It’s always good to know that such an event like this won’t last forever! Friday and Saturday should be improved weather days, with a break in showers, or at least the threat of heavy showers. Those same models go on to show that yet another wave of low pressure will slide in from the west by Sunday. This suggests that we could have another round of wet weather then into Monday of early next week. I can well understand that this isn’t good news for folks coming here on vacation! I also know that residents of Hawaii are getting tired of all the wet weather too! It appears that the trade winds will return next Tuesday, with vastly better weather starting back up then!
It’s early Tuesday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start this sunset commentary. Despite the high overcast, which muted our famous Hawaiian sunshine, Tuesday was a pretty nice day. There was occasional flooding rainfall on Kauai and Oahu, and a little here on Maui briefly, which is a preview of things to come it appears. I’m going to include a link to this satellite image, and also this looping radar image, so you can see what things are looking like here in the islands if you’d like. I was able to get to the beach during my lunch break, and found the nicest little waves breaking. There were breaks in the cirrus canopy too, which allowed some sun to beam down, to the delight of all the many beach goers! As I sat down this evening to begin writing at my laptop, I could hear a couple of rumblings of thunder in the distance. Although there hasn’t been a drop of rain yet. The expectation is that we’re going to be getting wetter soon, so stay tuned. I hope you have a nice Tuesday night, and that you will join me here again Wednesday morning for the next narrative. Aloha for now…Glenn.

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