March 5-6 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 77F
Honolulu, Oahu – 79
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 81 
Hilo, Hawaii – 78
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83

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

Lihue, Kauai – 71
Hilo airport – 65

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

0.26 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.20 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.04 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.01 KAHOOLAWE
1.07 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
1.07 HONAUNAU, BIG ISLAND

Weather Chart — Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1029 millibar high pressure system to the north of the islands. This high pressure cell will keep the trade winds blowing through Tuesday. 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 animated radar image.

Aloha Paragraphs



Kaneohe Bay, Oahu
Photo: Douglas Peebles


The locally wet weather that parts of Hawaii experienced during the past week, is now mostly over. The long lasting trough of low pressure to our west, which was the culprit for the inclement weather, is now through influencing our weather. Some areas of the state had exceptionally wet weather, with many areas of flooding noted…particularly on Kauai and Oahu. The other islands had some rain too, although not as much by any means.

Sunday will be a decent day weatherwise in most areas. There has still been some leftover moisture around though, which has been keeping some showers falling along the windward sides of the islands. The leeward areas have had clouds at times too, although not many showers falling. This more or less favorable weather will continue into the new week ahead. We should see at least some sunshine, with fewer showers overall.

As the trough of low pressure moves away, we find the trade winds returning. This is a good thing, as it will help to clear our atmosphere of moisture, and any leftover haze that we might have had. We’ll find ourselves in a pleasant late winter trade wind weather pattern. This usually brings partly sunny dry weather to our leeward beaches, with still some passing showers to the windward coasts. The next threat of rain looks like the middle of the new week ahead, at which point we could see periods of showers around into next weekend. 

It’s early Sunday evening here in Kula, Maui. It was a great day here in the islands, although it looked showery on the windward sides in places. I had a great kayaking excursion today, paddling near the base of the cliffs along the Pali after Maalaea going towards Olowalu and Lahaina. We saw whales breaching and spouting, with lots of clear water visibilities. I just came in from a rousing session of ping pong out on my weather deck, where I keep an outdoor table set up. The sunset was nice too! I’d best be going down for a tasty dinner now. I’ll be back early Monday morning with more weather writing then, I hope you can join me again soon. Aloha for now…Glenn.

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