Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

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Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

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March 23-24 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 82F
Honolulu, Oahu – 82
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79
Kahului, Maui - 86
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86

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

Kailua-kona – 73
Hilo airport – 66

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:

0.61 PORT ALLEN, KAUAI
2.44 NIU VALLEY, OAHU
2.16 MOLOKAI
3.98 LANAI
0.02 KAHOOLAWE
7.49 MAHINAHINA, MAUI
2.54 KAPAPALA RANCH, 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. This will keep light-moderate winds around, tending south…today into Saturday, locally quite breezy. 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


Black sand beach on the Big Island
Photo: Ann Cecil
   

The persistent Kona low pressure system remains active to the NW of the Hawaiian Islands. The counterclockwise flow of air around this weather feature is drawing up lots of moisture over the Aloha state…from the deeper tropics to our SW and south. The heaviest rains yesterday brought localized flooding to the Garden Island of Kauai. Last night that band of heavy showers moved over the Gathering Place Island of Oahu, where localized flooding was noted as well.

Thursday finds an eastward movement of these heavy showers, where heavy rains were reported over Molokai and parts of Maui Thursday. This radar image will show you where the location of those downpours are currently. The threat of heavy showers remains across the entire state at the moment, with the flash flood watch now extended to Friday night. This satellite image will show you where the clouds are, and perhaps even some clearing that may take place from the west, starting on the Kauai end of the chain at times.
This long lasting period of inclement weather conditions is a difficult one to forecast. Some of the computer forecast models are showing that this Kona low will remain parked to our NW into early next week. Although, others are showing an improvement in our weather starting as early as this weekend. I may be wrong, or it may just be wishful thinking, but I’m starting to feel a little optimism here. However, we still need to deal with the possible heavy showers that will be passing over the state today into Friday.
The longer term computer forecast models were pointing towards better weather next week. The operative word in that sentence is were…as in they aren’t anymore. This is simply unbelievable, as in beyond belief! I’m having a difficult time comprehending how we could go on into yet another week of wet weather. I mean, for crying out loud, it’s been over a month now that we’ve been putting up with these inclement weather conditions! I have to say that we should hang loose about next week’s prospect of more showers, at least for another couple of days, while the models get their water soaked “ducks in a row!” The models show the most rainfall gearing up for the Kauai end of the chain early next week.

It’s early Thursday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start today’s sunset commentary.  This was one of those days, as the saying goes. Here are a few of the items that qualified it as one of those days: I couldn’t update my surf page this morning, one of the most important on this website, besides this narrative page of course; I rushed down to Kahului, to the Maui Community College to update it, before getting ready for my live broadcast TV weather show…which stressed me out some; at lunch, as I started to head down towards the beach to mellow out, I saw I had a flat tire…which fortunately I have a road repair service, and they came and fixed it right away; so I didn’t get in the ocean, which didn’t help matters; I took my laptop downtown to try and find out why I couldn’t update the surf page, and didn’t find out why; so I will have to do extra work again Friday to accommodate this situation. None of this is a life or death matter, although when you work a tight schedule like I do, this takes a certain toll on my well being. At any rate, I hope you had a better day than I, and actually, as it turns out, I had quite a good day despite the speed bumps along the way. One of highpoints today, was the heavy rain we had briefly in Kihei late in the afternoon! I’ll be back even earlier than usual Friday morning, so hey, let’s meet here again then. Aloha for now…Glenn.

p.s. I’m delighted with the response to all the businesses who have added their links to the left hand margin on all my webpages! I’d like to suggest that you check them out, as they offer valuable services and products. I want to highlight them individually over the next couple of weeks, with today’s company being E Paepae Ka Pukoa…16 single family Homesites in Spreckelsville, Maui. This website says: “Owning one of these Homesites will provide the rare opportunity to have a private access to one of the great ocean beaches in the world.”  Serious buyers may call Henry Spencer to discuss any issues related to the sale of lots.

Added Feature: Fact: this website receives between 6,000 and 18,000+ page impressions per day, depending upon the weather and the season. As of early Friday morning, March’s total count has been 281,868. That’s a lot of folks looking at all the pages on this site, including the new and useful links on the left hand margin. You can have a link from this popular website, directly to yours. It may be a good way to increase traffic to your own website. This placement on the Links List is available for $50 per month, with a three month minimum. That brings with it three months of possible higher than normal visitors to your business for just $150. My hope is that it will provide an important way that you can increase the presence of your site to lots of internet viewers. It may be a good way to highlight your internet business to folks who have an interest in most things Hawaiian. Please email me, or leave a message in the reply box below, if you have some interest in this proposal. A link to your site will be displayed along the left hand margin of all the pages on this website, in alphabetical order. There is one spot left in this three month quarter. Then in June, I’ll start accepting new businesses again…that is if any of the current businesses decide to drop out. There will be a waiting list started after one more link signs up.

 

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