June 28-29 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 85F
Honolulu, Oahu – 87
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 87
Hilo, Hawaii – 83
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 85

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

Honolulu, Oahu – 77
Hilo, Big Island – 71

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

0.41 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.02 HAKIPUU MAUKA, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.00 MAUI
0.06 KAMUELA UPPER, BIG ISLAND

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1032 millibar high pressure system far to the NNW of our islands. This pressure configuration will keep moderate to locally fresh trade winds blowing today through Friday…strongest during the afternoons as usual. 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.

Tropical Cyclone Activity – The eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 through November 30…while the central Pacific runs from June 1 through November 30. The latest storm information for eastern Pacific can be found by clicking here. A storm tracking map can be found by clicking here. For the central Pacific, the latest information can be found by clicking here.

Aloha Paragraphs


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The best of both worlds, salty and fresh water…
Photo credit: flikr.com

The Hawaiian Islands will continue to see near normal weather conditions now, with the trade winds blowing steadily. High pressure located far to the north, with an elongated zone of low pressure to our south, will keep the pressure gradient sufficiently steep across the Aloha state for moderate to fresh winds. These winds are strong enough around some parts of Maui and the Big Island, that a small craft wind advisory is active now. The latest computer forecast models show this early summer trade wind flow continuing through the next week at least. Once we move into the month of July, the trade winds on average blow 95% of the time, increasing from 91% during June.

Meanwhile, the overlying atmosphere over Hawaii remains rather dry and stable. This suggests that the leeward sides of the islands will be mostly sunny to partly sunny during the days, and fair at night. The one exception will be for afternoon cloudiness with a few showers along the Kona slopes of the Big Island. The windward sides will find a few passing showers, which will have a tendency to fall during the cooler night and early morning hours as usual. These showers will not amount to much, as we continue to see relatively dry conditions prevailing through the rest of the week. This is all very common, as late June and early July often exhibit some of the driest weather of the year.

It’s early Wednesday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start writing today’s sunset commentary. It’s been another soft and gentle day here in paradise. Whatever clouds that have been around have mostly been, almost exclusively dry ones. The sun was warm to very warm, depending upon what elevation one found themselves. The sea level locations were of course where the very warmest temperatures occurred, while up here in Kula, in what is called upcountry, the temperatures never even reached 80F degrees, although it did attain 77F degrees…which is warm for up here at this 3,000+ level. I’m listening to Manao Radio online (broadcast from here in Wailuku, Maui), which is a good station, playing a great collection of varying types of music. The disc jockey just came back on the air, so I turned the volume down for a second, and my wind chimes are filling the space, which are so sweet! I trust you will have a great Wednesday night, and that perhaps you may find the time to visit this website again on Thursday. Aloha for now…Glenn.


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