August 2-3 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 84F
Honolulu, Oahu – 89
Kaneohe, Oahu – 86
Kahului, Maui – 92
Hilo, Hawaii – 87
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 – 79
HILO AIRPORT – 73


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:

 
  • 0.05 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI

0.31 WAIANAE VALLEY, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.05 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.08 KAMUELA UPPER, BIG ISLAND

 

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…howing a moderately strong 1034 millibar high pressure system located far to the NE of our islands. This high pressure center, with its associated ridge, will keep brisk trade winds blowing across our area through Friday. 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.


Aloha Paragraphs

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 Hula Dancin’ on the beach
 

Hawaii will find the return of trade winds today, after several days of sultry weather with light SE winds. Our overlying atmosphere has been quite muggy and humid, so that it will be with relief that we get our cooling and refreshing breezes blowing off the ocean again now.  Those winds will be breezing along in the moderate to fresh range through the rest of this week.


As a result we are heading back into what we call a typical trade wind weather pattern. This simply means that days will be sunny along our leeward beaches for the most part, with continued rather hot afternoon temperatures, which is common this time of year. The windward sides will find partly cloudy weather in general, with the usual few showers falling…most frequently during the nights.

Hawaii continues to see larger than normal surf breaking along our south and west facing beaches. These warm water waves have triggered a high surf advisory along those leeward beaches, which means that folks here in the islands should exercise caution when entering the ocean. More south and SSW swells will continue to arrive, which will keep the larger than normal surf around through the rest of this week.

The eastern Pacific Ocean remains active with tropical systems now. We have a downgraded tropical depression Fabio and quickly weakening tropical depression Gilma churning the waters over there. Gilma will be going into the history books soon, and is no worry for the Hawaiian Islands. Fabio has a track that brings it into our central Pacific as a weakening tropical depression. It is then expected to weaken quickly into just a tropical vortex. This doesn’t look like anything that the Hawaiian Islands has to worry about, despite the fact that whatever is left of Fabio may move by to the south of the islands. Here’s a tracking map so that you can keep an eye on Fabio’s progress westward.

It’s early Wednesday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this sunset commentary.  Ok, ok, I’m through talking about how hot it has been here in the islands. Mostly because the trade winds have returned, with their cooling and refreshing relief from the sultry heat of late. The better reason I suppose though, is that it’s even hotter and more humid on the U.S. mainland now! My gosh, looking at the temperatures over there today, it must have been sooo uncomfortable, what with no trade winds to blow through the trees! No seriously, this weather is just incredible, and now you folks in the Gulf of Mexico have to start monitoring tropical cyclone Chris. Hang in there folks, it just has to get cooler soon…doesn’t it!? The ocean today was just simply divine, just as wonderful as could possibly be. I wish everyone had a warm ocean to be just 5-10 minutes away. It felt so wonderful, so incredible in fact, that there just aren’t words to describe it…really!  It’s a little before sunset at the moment up here at the 3,000+ foot level on the slopes of the Haleakala Crater. Those folks along the beaches however have several more minutes to luxuriate in the last rays of this very sunny day here on Maui. I hope you all have a great Wednesday night, and that you will return for another look at our weather here in Paradise, come Thursday morning. Aloha for now…Glenn.

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