Weather Details and Aloha Paragraphs

September 4-5 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 84F
Honolulu, Oahu – 88
Kaneohe, Oahu – 85
Kahului, Maui – 89
Hilo, Hawaii – 83
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86

KANEOHE, OAHU – 78
MOLOKAI AIRPORT – 66

Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours (as of Tuesday 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 NE of our islands. At the same time we have upper level troughing to the east, which will help keep light trade winds blowing across our area today, with returning light to moderately strong trade winds by Wednesday.  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.

 

  Nice Hawaiian sunset
Photo Credit: flikr.com

Great tropical weather conditions will continue to grace the Hawaiian Islands on this Labor Day holiday. We find a rather weak area of high pressure centered far to the NE of the islands Monday. This trade wind producing high pressure system is providing only light trade winds now. These balmy trade winds will continue through the next week, although light through Tuesday…then rebounding some by Wednesday.

There will be the usual few night and early morning windward showers falling here and there.  The leeward sides will remain dry and sunny, except along the Kona slopes on the Big Island, where we might find an afternoon or evening shower falling locally. There are no organized rain makers on our weather horizon, with near normal conditions prevailing. Days will remain very warm, especially near sea level, with nights cooling down to seasonal levels. The air temperatures will range between about 68F and 90F in general.

The tropical oceans remain active, with several tropical cyclones spinning in the Pacific. We see the same long lasting typhoon, which was recently downgraded to a tropical storm in the western Pacific, named Ioke…which will be making a sweeping curve, keeping it away from Japan. The eastern Pacific has two weak systems spinning, one a tropical depression named John, which brought wet and windy weather to the Baja Peninsula and the Mexican coast a couple of days ago…along with his sister, weakening tropical depression Kristy. Meanwhile, here in the central Pacific, where we find the Hawaiian Islands, there are no active storms.

It’s early Monday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start writing this pre-sunset commentary.  What a great day it was here in the Hawaiian islands! The weather was near perfect the entire day! I don’t see anything untowards in terms of weather coming up through the rest of this short work week. It appears that the last few weeks of late summer has an excellent chance of remaining exceptionally nice. I’m about to go out on my weather deck and take in the sunset from my lounge rocking chair for two. Just as I started walking out there, the softest gentle shower started to fall, what a treat!  I hope you have a great Monday night, and that you’ll meet me back here again early Tuesday morning for the next new narrative from paradise. Aloha for now…Glenn.

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