Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennMay 8-9 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 82F
Honolulu, Oahu – 85
Kaneohe, Oahu – 82
Kahului, Maui – 85
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohi, Oahu – 75F
Hilo, Hawaii – 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 Wednesday morning:
0.52 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.19 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.03 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.34 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.20 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a strong 1041 millibar high pressure center located far to the NNW of Hawaii Wednesday. The winds over the islands will be moderately strong through Thursday…although rather strong and gusty in those windiest locations at times. 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.
Looking out into the big blue tropical sea…from the Hana coast of east Maui
This gusty air flow will carry some passing showers to the windward sides, although nothing too heavy is expected. The leeward sides may see a few isolated showers being carried over the lower mountains on the smaller islands at times. The computer models suggest that there could be a modest increase in windward showers during the second half of the week…especially as we get into the weekend time frame. Those showers will mostly be restricted to the windward sides of the islands in general however. The sun will keep shining intently during the days along our leeward beaches.
It’s early Tuesday evening here in Kula, Maui as I begin writing this sunset commentary. A well established trade wind weather pattern persists in our Hawaiian Island weather picture at the moment…nothing unusual about that during the spring months. ~~~ Despite what the calender tells us, it is really starting to feel a lot like summer to me! When I was down at the coast in Kihei Tuesday afternoon around lunch time, my car thermometer read 94F degrees right at road level…which is the hottest I’ve seen this spring. Speaking of cars, I filled up my 10 year old BMW at the pump today, and with the going rate of $3.80 per gallon, it cost me over $51 to fill it up…and it wasn’t quite empty. In my humble opinion, that’s a lot of money, and a little alarming. That’s the first time I’ve ever paid over $50 for a tank of gas, in my entire life! Oh well, and as Bob Dylan sings, the times, they are a changin’! ~~~ I hope you aren’t paying that much for gasoline, and that perhaps you have switched over to a more gas efficient car already. I wonder if it’s not just a matter of time before we all make the change? I would like to wish you a very pleasant Tuesday evening wherever you happen to be reading from! I’ll be back very early Wednesday morning with more tropical weather news, hope you can join me again then. Aloha for now…Glenn. Hawaii Weather Today – TV program 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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