August 6-7 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 82F
Honolulu, Oahu – 86
Kaneohe, Oahu – 81
Kahului, Maui – 88
Hilo, Hawaii – 79
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 87

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

HONOLULU, OAHU – 78
HILO AIRPORT – 70


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

 
10.18 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
2.25 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.03 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
1.98 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
2.85 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
 

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…howing a 1029 millibar high pressure system located far to the north of our islands. This high pressure center, with its associated ridging, will keep gusty trade winds blowing across our area today and Tuesday. 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
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Aloha Paragraphs

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 Windward Oahu
Photo Credit: flikr.com
 

The trade winds will remain stronger than normal Sunday. This is thanks to a steep pressure gradient across the islands, between a high pressure system to our NNE, and low pressure located to our south. As usual, the early mornings are the least windy, which makes the beaches most user friendly then.  The later mornings through the afternoons will find lots of white caps on the ocean, and the coconut palm fronds bent over away from these very breezy trade winds. These winds will finally start to mellow out on Monday, remaining in the more classically moderately strong realms through most of the work week.

The overlying atmosphere was drylast week in most areas. This dry reality has taken a turn back towards normal, or a bit more than that, as we move through Sunday into Monday. The most numerous showers will fall along the windward coasts and slopes, and around the mountains. The leeward sides will remain dry, although the gusty trade winds may carry some showers over there locally too. The leftover moisture from former tropical cyclone Fabio is now bringing an increase in showers to the Big Island, and Maui too…which may spread up through the rest of the state during the day. This moisture should have cleared the state for the most part by Tuesday.


It’s early Sunday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this sunset commentary. It was a lazy Sunday, as I just lounged around all day, didn’t go anywhere at all. It’s so cool how I can get myself so relaxed and at ease one day, and then at 4am the next, up and at em! I cherish these weekend days sometimes, when about all I do is empty the trash, take out the compost, maybe wash my car, and not a lot more than that. I give my couch a good workout, just reading and reading, sneak in a few meals, and then back to reading…and dozing off sometimes too. The sun is just setting behind the clouds stacked-up over the West Maui Mountains, which is really pretty. I guess I’ll go on down and heat up a large flour tortilla, slice some Farmers cheese, avocado and salsa, and add some fresh bbq’d Ahi slices…topped with organic mixed green salad. One of those babies will take care of dinner, and then it’s right back to the couch for more reading, before going to bed in a couple of hours. I hope you have a nice Sunday night, and that you will plan on joining me here again on Monday, for the next weather updates from Hawaii. Aloha for now…Glenn.