Weather Details and Aloha Paragraphs

0.64 MOUNT WAIALEALE. KAUAI
0.11 PALISADES, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.22 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.20 PAHOA, BIG ISLAND

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure systems located to the north and NE of our islands. These high pressure cells, with their connecting ridges, will keep our local trade wind speeds in the moderate to fresh category through 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 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

Molokai Sea Cliffs
Photo Credit: Flikr.com

The trade winds will blow in the moderate to fresh category through Monday. The expectation is that they will remain quite strong through Tuesday, and then perhaps back-off a little around the middle of the new week. The latest computer forecast models show them remaining somewhat softer than the current trade wind flow through next Friday. Climatology would lead us to believe that they would pick up again by next weekend, and likely blow steadily through most of the rest of the month of June.

There have been some passing showers falling from the clouds being carried along the windward sides, by the gusty trade winds. As usual the Kona slopes of the Big Island often have a few showers falling later in the afternoon hours, or into the evening hours as well. An upper level trough of low pressure, now to our NW, continues moving westward. This has caused some increase in our showers locally…especially along the windward sides. This upper low will move away through the next couple of days, showers should become less frequent. Meanwhile, the leeward sides will be nice and sunny for the most part.

It’s early Sunday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start this late sunset commentary. I had meant to start writing here earlier, but one thing lead to another. First there was an unexpected ping pong tournament, which lead into a bbq dinner together with my next door neighbors. Then just when I was heading home, someone said let’s take a hot tub, and the three of us soaked in the water while watching the last light of the sunset. It’s actually almost bed time for me, and I read for a while before retiring on this rather warm late, late spring day. I’ll be back early Monday morning, very early Monday morning to begin updating my website pages, this one included. I hope everyone has/had a good Sunday night. Aloha for now…Glenn.