Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

March 17-18 2006

Lihue, Kauai – 75F
Honolulu, Oahu – 80
Kaneohe, Oahu – 82
Kahului, Maui – 86
Hilo, Hawaii – 80
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81

2.00 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.22 SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, OAHU
0.25 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.80 KULA BRANCH STATION, MAUI
0.37 HAKALAU, BIG ISLAND

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a low pressure trough nearby and to our west. This will keep light and variable winds around today through Monday. 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



Golf is a great game, on a sunny day in the Islands!
 

The threat of heavy showers will ease up a bit Friday, although Kauai will remain very wet in places. The Garden Island of Kauai in particular has lived through excessively rainy weather for most of the last week. Flooding has been a common word on that western-most island in the chain. The other islands too have taken their turns in getting wet, with Oahu and the Big Island experiencing some flooding at times as well. The islands of Maui County have been spared the worst of this inclement weather, at least so far.

The low pressure system to our NW, the one that has contributed greatly to our unsettled weather pattern, is moving away some Friday. However, and before anyone gets too giddy about this…a trough of low pressure will remain in place to our west and over Kauai. At the same time, the NWS forecast office in Honolulu is keeping the flash flood watch in effect through Saturday. There will still be showers around in places, with the greatest likelihood of their occurrence being on Kauai and Oahu, including the upcountry interior sections of all the islands during the afternoon hours. The good news is that there will actually be more sunshine around today, especially during the morning hours.

Actually, the daytime heating today, will likely cause whatever moisture that is around, and there’s no lack of that…to rise into cumulus clouds later in the days. These afternoon convective buildups will probably drop some showers, and some of them will be locally heavy. Thus, the prospect of more localized flooding precipitation. At the same time, the latest satellite images still show heavy showers lurking over the waters near Kauai and Niihau. These showery clouds could easily slip back over those already water logged islands. I’d suggest that if you see sunshine in your area, get outside and enjoy it, maybe take a quick trip to the beach, as unfortunately it won’t become a common thing quite yet.

As a matter of fact, and I cringe in having to write what I’m going to be writing next…the latest computer forecast models show a new low pressure system heading our way this weekend. This will probably increase our clouds and showers again. This is not good news, and there’s hardly a way that I can present it in an upbeat manner! The truth is that we’ve had enough rainfall, we certainly don’t need anymore. Some of the computer forecast models are suggesting that off and on showery weather will continue into next week. The one good thing is that it will be off and on showery, and not everywhere, but rather focused again in those favorable locations for rainy weather. It’s not an overly negative weather prospect, and don’t forget, the weather has a way of changing in ways that are surprising, often for the better!

It’s early Friday evening, I just ended my long work day here at the Pacific Disaster Center. I’m still in Kihei, ready to drive over to Kahului, maybe catch a bite to eat before seeing a new film. It’s called V for Vendetta, a new sci-fi thriller, which is a good way to relax after a very big week of weather tracking. It’s a little over two hours long, and I’m really looking forward to just sitting there, munching on unsalted popcorn…and losing myself in the film. I have an appointment to do my taxes Saturday, and then a haircut Sunday, which are the only punctuation points so far, for this much looked forward to weekend. I’ll be back early Saturday morning with more weather news. By the way, just before I leave, I want to thank all the businesses who have sponsored links on the left hand margin of all my webpages…and to all the folks who have left interesting comments in the reply box below. We’re havin’ some fun now! Aloha…Glenn. 

p.s. The total number of page hits Thursday, March 16th totaled 17,061. That’s a lot of folks looking at all of the various web pages here at Hawaii Weather Today! I trust you are finding what you need in terms of your weather needs. Just for the record, I still have five spots open for advertising links, please see below:

Added Feature: Fact: this website receives between 6,000 and 17,000+ page impressions per day, depending upon the weather and the season. As of Friday afternoon, March’s total count has been 185,006. 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. There’s now a way that you can have a link go 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 may already be interested 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.