Weather Details and Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennAugust 15-16 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 83F
Honolulu, Oahu – 89
Kaneohe, Oahu – 86
Kahului, Maui – 93
Hilo, Hawaii – 85
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
KANEOHE, OAHU – 79
HILO AIRPORT – 70
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours (as of Wednesday morning) on each of the major islands:
4.52 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.93 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.28 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.17 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.20 KAMUELA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure systems located far to the NW and NE of our islands. This pressure configuration will generate moderately strong trade winds across our area Wednesday and Thursday. 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
Sunset at Waikiki Beach
Photo Credit: flikr.com
A classic trade wind weather pattern is setting up through the rest of this week. This type of weather pattern is very common during the month of August. The trade winds will start off today in the light to moderately strong category, gradually firming into the moderately strong level. Days will be warm to very warm, depending upon where you are in the islands, with the warmest areas being right down at the beaches…cooler as you go up in elevation.
These trade winds will carry a few passing showers onto the windward sides, leaving the leeward areas mostly dry. There are no indications of any organized rain makers coming our way, so that we’ll find mostly the common overnight showers falling here and there. The leeward south and west facing coastal areas will have lots of sunshine beaming down during the days. The windward north and east facing beaches will see partly cloudy weather in general.
It’s early Tuesday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin this sunset commentary. Once again when I left Kihei, it was hot and sunny, not to mention dry. As I drove across the central valley, and up the Haleakala Highway, I could see big white billowing cumulus clouds towering over the mountain. At the bottom of that stack of clouds, was a very dark base of low lying clouds. Looking out the window of my weather tower right now, those clouds are clipping the tops of the taller trees. Looking up the mountain from here, there’s low hanging fog just uphill from here. My weather deck was slightly wet, showing signs of an earlier light shower. It’s very quiet and muffled, other than my wind chimes, which are sounding off very so gently. I just love the change in weather each day when I leave the coast and arrive back in this upcountry area. It’s like leaving summer and coming back into fall or winter…at least tropically speaking. As I’ve mentioned many times, it’s not unusual to have the temperature drop 20F degrees between down there and up here! I have a big day tomorrow, with all the festivities of the Pacific Disaster Center’s 10th anniversary. I’m one of the founding fathers of this organization, so it’s a special day. There will be lots of speakers down at one of the resorts in Wailea, and then a reception on the roof, with a great view of the ocean, and what we call heavy pupu’s, and drinks too. I’ll be back here though early Wednesday morning, with your next narrative, no doubt. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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