Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJune 12-13 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 84F
Honolulu, Oahu – 87
Kaneohe, Oahu – 84
Kahului, Maui – 89
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Lihue, Kauai – 77F
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 Wednesday morning:
0.16 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.02 WAIANAE VALLEY, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.13 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.62 KEAHOLE AIRPORT, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1030 millibar high pressure system to the NE of the islands, which remains nearly stationary. The trade winds will be light to moderately strong Wednesday and Thursday…stronger and gusty in those windiest areas around the state. 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.
Tropical Cyclone activity in the eastern and central Pacific – Here’s the latest information coming out of the National Hurricane Center, covering the eastern north Pacific. You can find the latest tropical cyclone information for the central north Pacific (where Hawaii is located) by clicking on this link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.
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.
Hula Dancers
The trade winds will continue to dominate our local Hawaiian Island weather picture now. Weather maps show a high pressure system to the NE of the islands, which is the source of our light to moderately strong winds. As is often the case, those windiest areas around the state will have locally stronger and gusty winds at times…especially during the afternoons. This cell of high pressure is nearly stationary at the moment, and will remain in that general area through the rest of this week. As we move into Wednesday, our local trade wind speeds will increase a notch or two, necessitating small craft wind advisories to go up over those windiest areas around Maui and the Big Island. The winds aren’t going to be getting so strong as to be a problem however, and are common during this late spring season here in the tropics.
Satellite imagery continues to show some showery clouds being carried in our direction on the breezy trade winds. The most generous showers continue to fall over the mountains on Kauai, where Mount Waialaelae has picked up 2.07" of rain during the last 24 hours. This is a spike by itself, and isn’t too surprising, considering that it is the wettest place on the planet! Otherwise, the windward coasts and slopes on the other islands have had some showers too, but way down the rain scale in comparison. It appears that we will have more or less normal showers for this time of year, or perhaps even a bit more than normal through Wednesday afternoon. The leeward sides in contrast, will remain quite sunny, with just a stray shower or two falling here and there.
It’s Tuesday morning here in Kula, Maui, where I’m starting off this wonderful day! As I look out the window of my weather tower, the one facing east, there’s the most incredibly thin sliver of a crescent moon! The way it’s shining so brightly, surrounded by the pale blue early morning sky…is really beautiful. The skies are lighting up so early these days, as we head steadily towards the beginning moment of summer 2007, better known of course as the summer solstice. ~~~ As you can see from reading the two paragraphs above, we will remain in an active trade wind weather pattern now. The winds will continue to blow from a more or less easterly direction through the rest of this week. Climatology would have us believe that we’d see the trade winds holding firm right through the rest of June in fact…and beyond. The long and short of this weather reality is that conditions will be just fine. ~~~ I hope that you enjoy this Tuesday of our lives very much wherever you happen to be spending it, and will meet me back here again on Wednesday. Aloha fo now…Glenn.
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