Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

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

Lihue, Kauai – 78F
Honolulu, Oahu – 82
Kaneohe, Oahu – 80
Kahului, Maui – 84
Hilo, Hawaii – 82
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 85

Temperatures early Friday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:

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

0.98 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.42 MILILANI, OAHU
0.04 MOLOKAI
0.08 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.66 HAIKU, MAUI
0.24 PALI 2, BIG ISLAND

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1029 millibar high pressure system to the NE of the islands Friday. Despite having low pressure aloft over the state, our winds will remain light to moderately strong trades, locally gusty at times…especially during the afternoon hours through Saturday. 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 available during the daylight hours here in the islands…and when there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two! Plus, during the nights and early mornings you will be able to see stars, and the sunrise too…depending upon cloud conditions.

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.

The low pressure system to our east has pretty much dissipated and the remnants of it in the form of an inverted trough in the surface easterlies is slowly drifting westward across the state. That will mean that the trade winds will bounce back Thursday and Friday. The temperatures will likely increase a bit especially at night as the winds will prevent the surface based inversion from forming. The humidity will also increase a tad for making it more comfortable when wet at the beach. A few more showers will be around with the return of the trades, and since there is apt to be a weak cyclonic circulation left behind at upper levels, some of these showers could be a little heavier than the run of the mill trade showers. Raymond asks if the weather will be fine when he gets here from the mainland in a couple of weeks. I would guarantee almost 100 percent that fine sunny trade wind weather will prevail by then. This is probably the best possible time climatologically to visit if you want sun and pleasant weather. Besides Maui has such a variety of microclimates that if you don’t like one particular place, you will certainly be able to drive a few miles to find a more suitable location.

Hi, Glenn here, back on Maui, after a short trip to California to visit my family. It was a short, but sweet visitation! My Dad has been going through some health issues, problems with his heart and lungs for the most part. He is a very strong person, especially considering that he has smoked cigarettes for 70 of his 84 years of life! It was very hard to leave, but it was a very meaningful time together nonetheless. I’m hoping that my Dad will regain his strength, will return to a more or less normal life, able to get back to his beloved golf, and feel better in general. It’s tough having a cherished member of the family not feeling well, which brings up all kinds of emotions, and can be challenging to say the least. I hope all of you regular readers have been well, while I was out of the state! I want to thank Hans Rosendal for stepping in to do the weather analysis in my absence, he is a very kind and generous person…not to mention his great bank of knowledge of the worlds weather! It’s just now sunset here on Maui, with a bright orange glow happening behind the West Maui Mountains, from here in Kula. I’m listening to an internet radio station called Mozart Forever, Always. The current piece is the: Piano Concerto N. 10 in E flat KV 365, 1 Allegro. I don’t have much food laid in yet, but will get by with guacamole with chips, steamed broccoli, and perhaps some instant Thai soap. I hope you have a great Thursday night! I’ll be back with a new weather narrative early Friday morning. Aloha for now…Glenn.