Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

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

Lihue, Kauai – 79F
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 78
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 76
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 84

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:

0.82 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.26 NUUANU UPPER, OAHU
0.07 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.43 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
1.41 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1032 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 Sunday into 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

The trade winds remain a semi-permanent part of 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 Saturday. 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. 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. Saturday and Sunday 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 Saturday evening as I start writing my sunset commenty. Isn’t that picture of the day pretty up above! I love the sunset colors, they vary from day to day, which is like the weather itself. I’m often called the Weatherman, like out in the water today by a fellow surfer. I’ve seen this person there before, and he’s always sort of chuckling to himself, and those that he knows in the surf line. He’s a good surfer, someone that lives here on Maui. I wanted to surf 1000 peaks, but it was too windy there, and the waves were small. I kept driving to a spot called Olowalu, parked, and watched it for size and shape…while I listened to the news on NPR. I like to hear Daniel Shore and Scott Simon dialogue about the news events of the prior week. I got one or two decent rides, before the sideshore wind came up, driving me back to shore. I needed a few things, so I made the drive over to Mana Foods in Paia. Then the drive up the mountain to Kula. I was able to wash my clothes, dry them on the line…there was that much available sunshine this afternoon. I’m sipping on a nice glass of Castle Rock Pinot Noir this evening, which was a nice thing to have during sunset out on my weather deck. I’ll be getting up early Sunday morning, in order to update these webpages before having breakfast and going Kayaking thereafter. I hope you have a great Saturday night! Aloha for now…Glenn.