Weather Details and Aloha Paragraphs

August 27-28 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 83F
Honolulu, Oahu – 83
Kaneohe, Oahu – 91
Kahului, Maui – 87
Hilo, Hawaii – 88
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 88

KAILUA-KONA – 78
MOLOKAI AIRPORT – 71

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:

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure centers located far to the north and NE of our islands. Meanwhile, there is a departing low pressure system with its associated trough, both aloft and at the surface, to the west and NW…which will keep our winds light Monday morning, with gradually returning trade winds later today into 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.

 

  Showers in the islands Sunday
Photo Credit: flikr.com

The latest weather maps and satellite images show low pressure systems converging over and around the Hawaiian Islands Sunday. This is directly responsible for knocking our trade winds down, and replacing them with light and variable winds at the moment. This will keep rather muggy and humid weather conditions in place into Monday, with a good chance that there will be outbreaks of showers at times…some of which will likely be locally quite heavy. Troughing will begin to exit our area Monday, with less showers in general by Tuesday.

Our overlying atmosphere remains unstable Sunday.  This simply means that whatever clouds that form over and around the islands will be more shower prone than usual. Daytime heating will be the triggering mechanism for many of these developing cumulus clouds, especially during the afternoon hours. Some of these may grow into cumulonimbus clouds here and there…with their associated lightning and thunder. 

The light winds, and ample tropical moisture that is around now, will make for sultry conditions today. We expect the trade winds to fill back into our Hawaiian Island weather picture later Monday or Tuesday at the latest. As a matter of fact, the new week ahead looks to be a normal one for this time of year, with pleasant late summer weather prevailing.

It’s late Sunday afternoon here in Kula, Maui, as I start writing this pre-sunset commentary.  The day just kept getting more and more charged with moisture, which finally let loose with afternoon showers. At the moment here in Kula, it is foggy with moderately heavy rain falling straight down. I was outside for a while, standing under the eave of this weather tower, just to get as close to the precipitation as possible. I’m of course inside now, listening to and watching the showers falling on the leaves just outside the windows. I went surfing again early this morning, and found more great waves, a little smaller, but still as glassy and smooth as it was on Saturday. I love surfing, it really is a very special way to spend time! Back to the moment, it is such a treat to have a rainy afternoon, and I just talked to a friend over on the Haiku side, and she said it had been lightning and thundering over that way! I can only hope that that thunderstorm makes its way over here. She mentioned that it poured down rain for a while too. I’ve really got to get back to being with this unusual rainy weather without any distractions, hunker in even deeper, commune with the drops coming down. I hope you have a great Sunday night, and that you will meet me here again early Monday morning with the next new narrative from paradise waiting for you then. Aloha for now…Glenn.

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