Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

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

Lihue, Kauai – 78F
Honolulu, Oahu – 80
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 82
Hilo, Hawaii – 78
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 84

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

0.75 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.15 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.44 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.46 PIIHONUA, BIG ISLAND

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1031 millibar high pressure system to the north of Hawaii. This high pressure cell will cause moderate to locally strong and gusty strong trade winds to blow Saturday into Sunday. 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

The trade winds have become a permanent fixture in our Hawaiian Island weather picture. This is thanks to a long lasting high pressure system, which remains nearly stationary far to the north of the Hawaiian Islands Friday. Wind speeds will vary in strength, in general though, we’ll have rather strong and gusty winds blowing across the Aloha state. These breezy trade winds will range between about 10-25 overall, with gusts topping the 30 mph mark at times. Those windiest spots around the state will find gusts to 40-50 mph. The NWS forecast office in Honolulu is keeping the small craft advisory active across most of the coastal waters, and the major channels.

The windward sides will continue to see some passing shower activity. This too is very common during the month of April. Those north and east facing shores and slopes have been quite moist so far this week…although most of it has been rather light. The leeward beaches in contrast have been mostly dry…and will stay that way. Friday and Saturday will remain nice, especially along those resort beaches, where mostly sunny weather will promote lots of tanning. It would be wise to use a sun screening agent, and take your time getting that cherished tan.

It’s early Friday evening as I begin today’s sunset commentary. I took off work a few minutes early today, and jammed up to Kula, grabbed my skateboard, and drove another 15 minutes up towards the Haleakala Crater. I pulled over below the entrance to the National Park, and found that they had recently repaved the road. The road was brand new, and thus perfect for riding down. I hadn’t done this fun activity for quite some time, so I eased into it slowly. I skate down this one nice long section, and then walk back up, over and over. I have to keep pulling over when cars come down or up, but at that time of day, there aren’t many. The fog kept rolling over the road and then clearing, and as I was the only one up there…it was kind of a neat feeling. I didn’t fall, which was a relief, although I sort of tweaked the heel of one foot, and can feel the right side of my hip too. I’m gonna start doing that more often, now that I can pull it off after work…as the sun sets later now. I got to the beach today at lunch, and found good bodysurfing waves, which really makes my day! Since there are waves breaking on the leeward beaches, I’m going to take the drive over to the Lahaina side Saturday morning. I’ll be up early updating this website before I leave. I hope you have a great Friday night! Aloha for now…Glenn.