August 16-17 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 83F
Honolulu, Oahu – 89
Kaneohe, Oahu – 85
Kahului, Maui – 91
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86

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

KANEOHE, OAHU – 77
HILO AIRPORT – 68


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:

 
1.50 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.19 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.05 OHEO GULCH, MAUI
0.54 KAHUKU RANCH, 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 today and 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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  The beautiful Kauai shoreline
Photo Credit: flikr.com
 


There will be little change in these favorably inclined trade wind weather conditions. This type of weather pattern is very typical during the month of August. The trade winds will gradually be strengthening into the moderately strong levels Wednesday into Thursday. These balmy breezes will carry a few passing showers onto the windward sides, leaving the leeward areas mostly dry. Otherwise, nothing out of the ordinary to speak of weatherwise…with very warm days, giving way to seasonably warm temperatures at night through the rest of this week.


Lets’s talk briefly about tropical cyclone activity here in the Pacific Ocean: we have a tropical storm that will be skirting the very tip of southern Japan, then moving into South Korea in the western Pacific…meanwhile, we have tropical storm Hector now spinning the waters of the eastern Pacific. Here in the central Pacific, we have nothing going on, which is just the way we like it! I don’t want to jinx our luck, but we sure are fortunate to be located where we are! We have two things that often help to protect us from tropical storms heading in our direction from Mexico way: strong upper winds, which help to shear the tops off these storms as they approach, and then most of the time, cooler water temperatures over which these tempests have to move…which dissipates their energy.

One more word about that subject: An area of disturbed weather, or often called a tropical disturbance, is moving by to the south of the state. The next level of intensity would be a tropical depression, or a numbered system. The next up the rung is a tropical storm of course, when a name gets affixed…and finally, depending upon where you are on the planet, the top contenders become hurricanes and typhoons. Those two titles are that only, with no difference in their individual characteristics, other than the geographical locations. This disturbance, as shown by this satellite image, is expected to stay far enough south of Hawaii, that no weather problems are forecast.

It’s early Wednesday morning here in Kula, Maui, as I start writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. I was able to make my vacation plans yesterday, which has me flying from Maui to San Francisco the night of October 17th. I was able to use my miles for this trip, although I was "forced" to take a red eye. I usually avoid these, although this time around it was the only thing available. At any rate, I’ll fly back from San Francisco to Maui again on November 12th. I’ll plan on seeing my family during that time, and visit with friends in Northern California as well. I’m excited about all of this, although obviously it’s still quite a ways out into the future. You know how it is though, the thought of getting out from under a heavy duty work schedule (even when you love what you’re doing) is enticing. Oops, I just glanced at the clock, and I need to wrap this baby up, so I can get out there on the road for my early morning walk around. This is going to be an irregular work day, so not sure if I can get around to doing much more today. I’ll be back for sure early Thursday morning though, you can count on that. I hope you have a great Wednesday! Aloha for now…Glenn.

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