Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

March 27-28 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 78F
Honolulu, Oahu – 76
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui - 76
Hilo, Hawaii – 74
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 73

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a low pressure system to the west of the islands, with its associated trough to our NW and north. This will keep mostly light winds around, tending SW to SE through Wednesday. 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


 Sunset in Kapalua, Maui
Photo: Douglas Peebles 

Not too much has changed in terms of our weather outlook, with the same trough of low pressure still sitting out to the west of the state. This means that the Hawaiian Islands will continue to see cloudier than normal skies, with more than the usual amount of showers around too through the first half of Monday. The following satellite and radar images, show lots clouds and showers around early Monday. This satellite image will give you an idea of what’s out there in our local skies. This looping radar image will show you where those showers are falling.

It appears that Monday will see lots of showers…while later Monday should have a temporary break in all the incoming moisture. The latest computer forecast models show that another round of rainy weather will approach the Aloha state starting Wednesday…lasting off and on into Thursday and Friday, and probably into the weekend. There is some good news to be had here though, as the models point out that by next week, our weather will return to its usual outstanding qualities!

I have a very good feeling that just about everyone is ready for the long lasting wet spell to end. I’m sure that the sun worshippers are at their wits end, at the end of their rope, so to speak. Even those folks who don’t mind a little rain once in a while, are getting fed up with all the cloudy weather too. It’s been going on for so long now, well over a month in fact, that I’m starting to enjoy the novelty of it all! At the same time, I could stand to see some sunshine during my lunch time beach walks and swims.

The local breezes continue to come up from the deep tropics, which is keeping the air temperatures mild. The cloud cover is keeping the days cooler than they otherwise would be, and the nights rather balmy. There is so much moisture in the air, that whenever the sun does appear for a while, it begins to feel rather muggy right away. One glance at that satellite image in the first paragraph, will probably show you that we don’t have to worry about it getting too sunny just yet…although, as it turned out, the sun is actually out full-on late Monday afternoon in some places!

It’s early Monday evening as I start today’s sunset commentary. It’s hard to believe, but there is the most beautiful sunshine that has broken through the parting clouds! After a very hard driving rain this morning, in most places across Maui, the clouds have cleared from the west. It is such an incredible treat to see blue skies again. I believe this will set the stage for more sunshine on Tuesday, which I’m sure no one will have a problem with. Looking out my weather tower window, I can see that the entire hulk of the Haleakala Crater is clear too. Looking west, there is not one cloud over the West Maui Mountains either! After such a long time, with cloudy weather prevailing, it feels nothing less than luscious to be seeing all the island looking green and crisp. I have a feeling that there are a lot of folks down at the beach right now, rejoicing in the pleasure of our first good sunset in, well, too long! I hope you have a great Monday night wherever you are. Here’s a personal invitation to each of you, to join me here again Tuesday morning for the next new completely updated weather narrative from the islands. Aloha for now…Glenn.
 
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