Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

March 26-27 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 73F
Honolulu, Oahu – 74
Kaneohe, Oahu – 72
Kahului, Maui – 82
Hilo, Hawaii – 80
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81

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 mostly light winds around, tending SW to SE 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 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


Holding hands on the island of Lanai

The long lasting low pressure system to the NW of Hawaii, along with its associated trough of low pressure to our west…is keeping the islands shower prone Sunday. This low and trough continues to carry tropical moisture over the Aloha state from the deeper tropics to our south and SW. This threat of locally heavy rainfall is serious enough…that the NWS forecast in Honolulu is keeping the flash flood watch active for the entire state through late Monday.

The heaviest rains are shifting around from one area of the state to another. It’s certainly not a continuous rainstorm, but more periodic, and striking in a hit and miss fashion. There are times of muted sunshine, mixed with mostly cloudy skies. It’s not quiteas bad as one might expect reading the general forecast across the state. The problem is all the high clouds that continue to stream across the state, which is keeping sunshine at a minimum for the time being.

The latest weather maps and computer forecast models are showing that this unsettled weather will remain in place for a while longer. This is not the greatest news, as while it is there, the threat of rain, some locally heavy, will continue. As a matter of fact, the models show this trough remaining out to our west through Sunday, well into the new week ahead. The next round of generally wet weather will arrive today into Monday…and then again around mid-week for a day to two.

The counterclockwise winds, in relation to the trough, will keep kona winds blowing across our area. These winds are warm, and moisture laden. They have generally been quite light, although there have been stronger breezes in places too. There are no marine warnings or advisories in place currently. The atmosphere remains unstable enough, that we may see more thunderstorm cells forming at times through Monday. 

It’s early Sunday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin today’s sunset commentary. If you take a second to glance at the following satellite and radar images, go ahead… it’s easy. They show lots clouds around later Sunday, this satellite image will give you an idea of what’s out there in our local skies. There are showers around too, coming up from the SW, right over the islands in places. This radar image will show you where those showers are, looping along like a conveyor belt from latitudes south of the main Hawaiian Islands. I got out into some of that water vapor being moved up over us today, breathing it in through the ethers off the ocean….while kayaking out into whale territory. Not to leave out sharks, there was a sign, warning of shark sightings at that beach, which had me looking for fins. As it turned out, we only saw whale fins, tails, spouts, and of course the impressive breaches. We paddled out at least two miles, as there were slack winds, making for an easy go and come back in. We saw some friends on the beach when we arrived, and there was good natured kidding of the weatherman, as is often the case. Here comes the next wave of moisture, this time in the form of fog being blown up the slopes of the Haleakala Crater just before the sunset hour. I’m listening to Hawaiian Slack key guitar, Gaby Pahinui…music that melts your heart, as sweet as the nature of the islands themselves. I look forward to joining you here Monday morning, Prince Kuhio Day, which is a state holiday in Hawaii.  I’ll have no TV weather show, but be back early Monday morning with your completely updated weather+ narrative . Aloha for now, see you then…Glenn.

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