Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennMarch 18-19 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Saturday:
Lihue, Kauai – 77F
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79
Kahului, Maui – 84
Hilo, Hawaii – 77
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures early Sunday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 75
Hilo airport – 68
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:
3.91 KOKEE, KAUAI
1.27 WAIANAE VALLEY, OAHU
0.03 MOLOKAI
0.02 LANAI
0.55 KAHOOLAWE
1.17 ULUPALAKUA, MAUI
2.93 MOUNTAIN VIEW, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a low pressure trough nearby and to our west of the islands. 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.
Heavy showers around in places today!
It will be sunnier in places today, although that extra warmth will cause whatever moisture that is around…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. In relation to this weekend, it looks like Saturday will be the favored day in terms of better weather…with a possible increase in shower coverage Sunday.
As a matter of fact, the latest computer forecast models indicate that off and on showery weather will continue into next week. The 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 doesn’t seem likely that we’ll see a widespread rainy period, but probably more like certain days during the upcoming week will have rainier afternoons than some others. At this point those afternoons include Sunday, Tuesday and next Thursday.
It’s early Saturday evening here in Kula, Maui. Hi, it was quite a day in the world of weather, with still numerous heavy downpouring rain in places! I heard a clap of thunder just at sunset, although the location of this thunderstorm was’nt close enough to see the associated lightning bolt. I was amazed at the number of thunderstorm cells that popped-up over Maui County today. It seemed the most intense of which were over and around Wailea and Makena…at least it looked that way from my vantage point. Once I completed my town trips in Kahului, I headed over to Paia to shop for food, where it was totally dry. I drove into a wall of fog as I got higher into the upcountry area on the way home. Dense fog changed to very heavy rainfall just before the sunset. It really came down for about a half an hour, was great to watch! I’m about to go down and plate some crusted large shrimp, along with egg noodles, and organic salad mix for dinner. As it’s Saturday night I have a glass of Mclaren Vale, Kangarilla Road, 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon going, which is very tasty. I hope you have a pleasant night. I’ll be back Sunday morning with the next weather update. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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