Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennMay 4-5 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Friday:
Lihue, Kauai – 83F
Honolulu, Oahu – 82
Kaneohe, Oahu – 81
Kahului, Maui – 88
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 84
Temperatures early Saturday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 5 a.m. hour:
Kailua-kona – 76F
Kahului, Maui – 67
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Saturday morning:
1.38 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.19 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.01 HAIKU, MAUI
0.01 MOUNTAIN VIEW, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure centers located far to the NE and NW of Hawaii Saturday. A cold front moving by to the north of the state has broken through the connecting ridge between these two high pressure cells. The winds over the islands are blowing ESE to SE…light winds sticking around through most of Sunday, then returning trade winds as we start the new work week. 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.
China Man’s hat…famous landmark on windward Oahu
Available moisture to feed showers around the islands remains limited…so that conditions will remain dry for the most part today through the weekend. Mid-level high pressure ridging remains in place over the islands, which will keep our local atmosphere quite stable and dry. The leeward sides will remain almost completely dry. There are no organized rain making systems on our weather horizon at this time, so that these dry weather conditions will persist. The computer models hint at some minor increase in showers along the windward sides as we move into the early part of the new week ahead. They suggest further that there could be another modest increase in windward showers during the second half of next week as well…but that’s a little too far out into the future to count on yet.
It’s early Friday evening as I begin writing this sunset commentary. It was yet another good day weatherwise here in the islands, and for that matter, it’s been a good week in general. The last several days have seen quite a bit of volcanic haze around some parts of the Big Island, especially in Kona, and here in Maui County too. All things considered, it appears that there will be no deviations from this pleasant late spring weather pattern through the weekend, and probably straight through next week too. ~~~ I’m going to see a new film at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center this evening, called The Namesake. A couple of the shorter reviews include: "The Namesake is suffused with radiant grace, and manages to be old-fashioned yet immediate, epic and intimate." – "Sprawling but affecting drama, marked by sensitive direction and fine performances." Here’s a link to the films
website if you’re interested. I’ll let you know what I think on Saturday, when I’ll next be online updating this, and the other pages at Hawaii Weather Today. I hope you have a great Friday night wherever and whatever you have planned. Aloha for now…Glenn. TV weather show online now: It’s not exactly like watching it on your television, but it’s a fairly close approximation. Each day’s new show will replace the previous days show (Monday through Friday) at some point between 10am and noon (HST) in Hawaii. 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.
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