Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJune 5-6 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 83F
Honolulu, Oahu – 87
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 90
Hilo, Hawaii – 87
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77F
Hilo, Hawaii – 66
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:
3.05 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
1.50 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.01 HAIKU, MAUI
0.07 KEALAKEKUA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a large 1028 millibar high pressure system to the NNE of the islands, which is slowly moving in a ENE direction. The trade winds will be moderately strong Wednesday and Thursday. 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.
Kaanapali Beach…west Maui
The trade winds will prevail through the rest of this week, blowing in the moderately strong category for the most part here in the islands. A trade wind producing high pressure system is now to the north of Hawaii, slowly migrating in an ENE direction…towards the west coast. This high pressure cell will end up to the NE of the Aloha state in a couple of days. The latest computer forecast models indicate that the trade winds will stick around through the rest of this week…into next week.
The tail-end of an old cold front sagged down to near Kauai and Oahu recently, giving some good soaking rain to the mountains on those NW islands. Some of the clouds from that weather feature dipped down to Molokai, and even Maui Monday afternoon into the night. The greatest rainfall totals showed over 4.50" of rain fell near the peaks of the mountains on Kauai, and 5.25"+ along the spine of the Koolau mountains on Oahu. This unusual occurrence will be losing its rainfall potential soon, with just the usual windward biased showers onward in the week from there…mostly on Kauai and Oahu. The leeward sides of the islands will more than likely remain dry as expected this time of year.
It’s early Tuesday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this sunset commentary. It’s pretty easy to describe today’s weather characteristics here in the islands….warm to very warm, bordering on hot in a couple of places. The Kahului airport for instance had a high temperature of 90F degrees, which is the warmest we’ve seen there since last summer, or was it fall? At any rate, looking back in the record books, the hottest day on this date was 93 degrees, back in 1953. In contrast, the lowest maximum temperature for the date was a cooler 78 degrees in 1955. The largest rainfall total for the date was .10" in 1990…while the strongest wind was 41 mph from the east in 1993. ~~~ Here in Kula, at just before 530pm, the air temperature is 70.7 degrees outside, while inside my weather tower, with all the windows wide open, it’s a warmer 80.4 degrees. I’m sitting here with my shirt off and barefoot…and feeling slightly too warm to tell you the truth. There’s a nice little trade wind breeze, prompting my wind chimes into a sweet and gentle tropical song. ~~~ I hope you have a great Tuesday night, and that you will check back in Wednesday for your next new weather narrative from these beautiful islands in the middle of the central Pacific Ocean. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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