Weather Details and Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJuly 28-29 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Friday:
Lihue, Kauai – 86F
Honolulu, Oahu – 87
Kaneohe, Oahu – 84
Kahului, Maui – 85
Hilo, Hawaii – 79
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 87
Temperatures early Saturday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 5 a.m. hour:
KAILUA-KONA – 79
HILO AIRPORT – 71
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours (as of Saturday morning) on each of the major islands:
1.99 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
1.43 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.03 MOLOKAI
0.06 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
3.93 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
2.13 MOUNTAIN VIEW, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a relatively strong 1039 millibar high pressure system located to the NNW of our islands. This high pressure cell will keep moderately strong trade winds blowing…locally quite gusty during the afternoons Saturday, then somewhat lighter Sunday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those weather symbols mean on the map.
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 (where Hawaii is) runs from June 1 through November 30. The latest storm information for the eastern Pacific can be found by clicking here. A storm tracking map for both the central and eastern areas can be found by clicking here . For the central Pacific, the latest storm information can be found by clicking here.
High surf advisory on the leeward beaches of Hawaii now…
The trough associated with a tropical disturbance, which was former tropical cyclone Daniel, is moving away from the Hawaiian Islands late in the day Friday. Looking at what is left of this former tropical system, using this lastest animated satellite image, we can see that the large compex of thunderstorms has dissipated considerably from what we saw earlier in the day Friday. We had some pretty good showers falling over the Big Island and Maui County at times during the day. The winds that will influence the islands now into Saturday, which will be locally gusty trade winds, aren’t a part of the trough itself. Rather, they will be associated with the steep pressure gradient (like a slope) between a very strong 1040 millibar high pressure system far to our north, as this low pressure vortex passes by to our south.
NOTICE: A flash flood watch for Maui and the Big Island, Lanai and Molokai was cancelled late Friday afternoon.
The latest computer forecast models are pointing out the chance of another unusual weather circumstance for early next week. A deep upper level low is forecast to move near the state on Monday and Tuesday, with light winds, and chance of locally heavy afternoon showers forming then. 2006 has been one of those years that wants to continually deviate from the norm!
It’s late Friday afternoon here in Kihei, Maui, as I update this last paragraph of today’s narrative. Watching the satellite images today, as those thunderstorms and heavy rain bearing clouds moved over the Big Island and a small part of Maui…was quite interesting. It reminded me of a water balloon, that got poked by the tall summits on the Big Island, as they quickly fell apart soon after arrival! The latest images showed what was left of those clouds moving northward away from the islands. On the one hand, I suppose that is a good thing, although we could really have used some more rain, as our water reservoirs here on Maui are getting lower than we like them to be. I must admit it has been a very big week in this Maui weatherman’s life, busy, busy, busy! It will feel good to have a couple of days off from work. I see the computer forecast models are trying to spin up the next tropical storm in the eastern Pacific now. Here’s a satellite image of that area so that you can check it out too…it’s those clouds well south of the southern tip of Baja, California. I’m going to look in the paper now, and see if there’s a film that I’d like see tonight. Everytime I go out in public now, I’m constantly asked about the weather, so it will be good to sort of "escape the weather" for a couple of hours, to the privacy of a dark theatre! I’ll be back here early Saturday morning with the next narrative updates. I hope you have a great Friday night! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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