Weather Details and Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennAugust 22-23 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 83F
Honolulu, Oahu – 89
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 87
Hilo, Hawaii – 81
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
KAILUA-KONA – 78
HILO AIRPORT – 71
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:
1.24 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.43 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.05 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.03 OHEO GULCH, MAUI
1.92 KEALAKEKUA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure located far to the north and NE of our islands. Meanwhile, low pressure areas closer to the islands will keep our trade wind speeds lighter today 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
The windward side of Oahu…
Photo Credit: flikr.com
The rather gusty trade winds of the last couple of weeks will finally start to ease back soon. They won’t go away completely, but will at least start to get softer. We find the same trade wind producing high pressure systems parked to the north of the state Tuesday. Although the difference now is that we see low pressure systems aloft edging in this direction, along with the remnant circulation of former tropical storm Hector. These weather features will start to erode our trade wind speeds, which could put us into rather muggy and sultry conditions as we proceed through the rest of this week.
The computer forecast models continue to show tropical moisture moving over the southern part of the state from the south. This isn’t expected to arrive until later this week, perhaps around Friday or Saturday. There remains a fairly high degree of uncertainty about just where and when, and even how much precipitation will be involved. It all hinges upon where a particular upper level low pressure system decides to move. This will become more clear over the next couple of days…although there does seem to be a decent chance of at least the Big Island, and perhaps elsewhere, to see an increase in showers with time.
The tropical Pacific Ocean continues to be in an active mode, in terms of tropical cyclone activity. At the time of this writing, we have two active tropical systems spinning the waters of the eastern Pacific, named Hector and Ileana. At the same time, we have hurricane Ioke, located to Hawaii’s west…and moving further away from our islands all the time. Fortunately, none of these tropical cyclones pose any threat to the Hawaiian Islands. Here’s a storm tracking map, which will allow you see all of these storms at the same time.
It’s early Tuesday evening as I begin writing today’s sunset commentary. I suppose it would be safe to start calling this part of summer, late summer. Don’t get me wrong, it will still be a long time before we find much autumn cooling…like months from now. The tropics take a long time to let loose of all the warmth it has collected since spring brought summer like conditions back in May. Most years, it takes getting into late October or early November before we start to see the first few weak cold fronts arriving this far south in latitude. There are signs of a modest El Nino starting to take shape, which may manifest by late autumn. If that does actually happen, we could be looking at a slightly drier than normal winter coming up. Back to today, it was another beauty, it really was! The trade winds were still with us, helping to temper the blazing August sunshine. It’s so very peaceful at the moment, as I sit here a few minutes before sunset, enjoying the last rays of the warm sunshine on my bare shoulders. I hope you have a pleasant Tuesday night, and that you will feel moved to drop by again on Wednesday, I’ll certainly have new weather information waiting for you then. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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