Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennOctober 16-17 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 76F
Honolulu, Oahu – 82
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79
Kahului, Maui – MM
Hilo, Hawaii – 88
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 85
Temperatures early Monday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
KAILUA-KONA – 76
HILO AIRPORT – 69
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours (as of Monday afternoon) on each of the major islands:
0.18 KOKEE, KAUAI
2.72 MAKUA RIDGE, OAHU
1.86 MOLOKAI
0.97 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
6.19 KAUPO GAP, MAUI
0.48 KAPAPALA RANCH, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing an active cold front working its way down through the state today. This will keep our winds light, although locally breezy from the south and SW ahead of the frontal boundary Monday. 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
Photo Credit: flikr.com
The cold front that brought locally heavy rains to Kauai and Oahu over the weekend, moved through the islands of Maui County Monday. This frontal cloud band slowed down more than expected as it moved into the Aloha state, thus the delayed arrival time over Molokai, Lanai and Maui. This satellite image shows the tail end of the active cold front crawling towards the Big Island Monday evening. There were localized heavy showers during the day Monday over Maui, with flash flooding interrupting traffic in places. This cold front will progress SE down to the Big Island Monday evening into Tuesday…bringing locally heavy rain with it.
The long lasting flash flood watch for the islands of Maui County, and Big Island remains active Monday night into Tuesday. If you click on at this radar image you will see where the rains are concentrating their efforts now. It would be wise to drive very carefully, as roads will be slippery and ponded at times, with flash flooding happening locally. An area of tropical moisture to the SW, which is the northern fringe of former tropical depression 04C last week, may get pulled up over the southern part of the state Tuesday…which could enhance the cold front’s showers when it arrives over the Big Island Monday night into Tuesay.
Hawaii’s Earthquake: Sunday morning there was a major earthquake, which rated at 6.7 on the Richter scale! It did the most extensive damage over the Kona area on the Big Island. However, here on Maui, it was widely felt, and also on Oahu. The earthquake hit at 7:07 a.m. local time, 10 miles north-northwest of Kailua Kona, a town on the west coast of the Big Island. There was no tsunami generated across the Pacific, nor here locally in the islands. I was laying in bed reading at the time, and it didn’t take long before things were falling off my shelves, and I felt moved to run downstairs and out onto the lawn quickly…very quickly! There was a second after shock that was rated 5.8 a few minutes later. This was the strongest earthquake I’ve felt during the 30+ years that I’ve lived here in Hawaii! The power went off almost immediately afterwards, but came back on a couple of hours later here in Kula.
The last Hawaiian earthquake this strong struck more than 20 years ago. The magnitude 6.7 caused heavy property damage on Hawaii Island and collapsed trails into a volcano in Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park on November16, 1983. The largest recorded Hawaiian earthquake struck the Ka’u District on Hawaii Island in 1868, causing 77 deaths. Its magnitude was estimated at 7.9. A 9.5-magnitude earthquake, the largest in the world, struck Chile on May 22, 1960, and a tsunami traveled to Hawaii where 61 people died.
It’s early Monday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start writing this last sunset commentary before leaving on vacation Tuesday. It rained on Maui today, very hard in deed at times, with a flash flood warning posted most of the day. When I left work, the main highway connecting Kihei and Kahului was closed due to flooding. This is a big deal, and had cars backed up a long ways in places. I drove the so called back way to get home, which took me towards Maalaea Bay, then into Kahului, and finally up the Haleakala highway to Kula. It wasn’t raining, but clouds were evident in all directions, and as I drove through the Pukulani area, I plowed through some very low hanging clouds, easily qualifying as fog. I got home a bit later than usual, due to the detour, but actually it wasn’t all that bad. It isn’t raining up here either, with the flash flood warning expected to expire at 715pm, leaving only the flash flood watch in effect through Tuesday. As mentioned in the first sentence of this last paragraph, I’ll be heading to northern California early Tuesday afternoon, on the first day of my vacation. I’ll come back online at times while I’m away, changing pictures as I find myself in front of a computer, and perhaps posting a few paragraphs describing my travels too. I get back into the islands November 10th, and will start updating my web pages again shortly thereafter. I’ll start doing my TV weather show on November 13th. I’ll be back early in the morning to get my website in shape to leave, with a few exiting paragraphs then. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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