Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs

April 29-30 2007

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. 

Aloha Paragraphs

 
    A special rainbow on the windward side of Oahu

Photo Credit: Flikr.com

The trade winds will continue blowing in the moderately strong category…locally gusty during the afternoon hours in those windiest spots around the Aloha state.  Weather charts continue to show the trade winds remaining in this breezy condition through the rest of this weekend. The computer models show the trade winds increasing again Monday. This new increase in trade wind speeds will take us out through the first half of the new work week ahead. Thereafter, at some point during the second half of the week, our winds will become lighter again by a notch or two…perhaps veering around to the ESE or even SE then. 

As usual, with the trade winds blowing across our latitudes of the north central Pacific, there will be at least a few passing showers along the windward sides of the islands  As the trade winds increase some starting Monday, we will likely see some additional showers arriving along those north and east facing windward coasts and slopes. As is often the case, the leeward sides will continue to be flooded with warm to very warm sunshine during the days. All things considered, this weekend will be quite nice, with just that modest increase in showers slated starting on Monday.

It’s early Sunday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this well before sunset commentary. It was still very sunny in the lowlands Sunday, especially right down near the beaches.  Here in Kula, and across many of the upcountry areas around the state, clouds began stacking-up quite early in the day…although there weren’t any showers, or even a sprinkle in most places. The trade winds continue to blow, and are slated, as the computer forecast models have pointed out for the last week, to increase some soon. The new week ahead looks good, at least from a weather perspective, especially along those sun baked leeward beaches! ~~~ I’ve been jamming around this afternoon, finishing projects and doing the last of my domestic chores, in anticipation of leaving soon for the windward side. I have a birthday party to attend in Haiku, which should be fun. A music group called the Hula Honeys will be doing a live performance, then a catered dinner, followed by a rock and roll dance party. This party is happening at a couple of good friends of mine, who live on an estate, which is lovely. I’m trying to get there a little early, as I won’t be able to stay late…as 4am comes very early Monday morning, at which point I’ll be back online to prepare this narrative page, along with the Windsurf/Kiteboarding, Beach, Surfing, and the Dive and Snorkeling pages…which I update twice each day. So, here’s wishing you a great Sunday evening/night, along with an invitation to join me here again Monday. Aloha for now…Glenn.

TV weather show online now: At long last, my tv weather program is available on the internet! It’s not exactly like watching your TV set, but it’s a fairly close approximation. Each day’s new show will replace the previous days show (Monday through Friday) around mid-morning here in Hawaii, usually by 10am HST or so. That of course would make it around 1pm on the west coast, and around 4pm on the east coast…I can’t say what times it will be in other parts in the world. If you click here, it will take you to the website where it can be viewed. I want to thank the kind folks at the Maui Media Lab, located in Paia, Maui for this opportunity to show what’s happening weatherwise here in Hawaiian Islands! By the way, you will need to have a quicktime viewer on your computer to view the feed…you can get the free download here if it’s not already loaded on your machine.