Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJune 13-14 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 85F
Honolulu, Oahu – 85
Kaneohe, Oahu – 81
Kahului, Maui – 86
Hilo, Hawaii – 77
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures early Thursday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Lihue, Kauai – 76F
Hilo, Hawaii – 71
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Thursday morning:
1.00 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.76 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.01 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.61 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.90 GLENWOOD, 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 is moving gradually westward a little. The trade winds will be light to moderately strong Thursday and Friday…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.
Sunset over the island of Oahu
The typical late spring season trade winds will continue to blow across the tropical latitudes around Hawaii now. Weather maps show a moderately strong 1030 millibar high pressure system to the NE of the islands Wednesday. These cooling and refreshing breezes will blow generally in the light to moderately strong range, although 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. We may soon see our local trade wind speeds increase a notch, necessitating small craft wind advisories over those windiest areas around Maui and the Big Island. The long range computer forecast models suggest that the trade winds will stick around through the rest of this week into next week.
The trade winds, as usual, will carry a few showery clouds onto our windward coasts and slopes. This is often the case during the month of June, although, this month is usually the driest of the year, so nothing heavy is expected. The leeward sides will remain nice, although a bit too dry, with lots of warm sunshine beaming down. Meanwhile, as this satellite image shows, there’s a large streak of high clouds over the southern part of the state Wednesday. The water department officials with the County of Maui have instituted an official 10% mandatory water restriction notice…due to the very low water levels in the upcountry reservoirs. This may be a sign of things to come in other areas of the 50th state…as we head into the dry summer months.
It’s Wednesday morning here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. Once again this morning, accompanied by all the local birds singing, the thinnest possible crescent moon is rising in the eastern sky. I thought that yesterday’s sliver was the smallest, but I stand corrected…as this morning’s crescent (I think) must be the smallest of the month. I’m noticing that the sky starts turning slightly blue already before 5am in the morning now! I’m sure that on the mainland it must be even earlier. I enjoy these almost summer mornings, as I can actually see while on my daily early morning walks. During the winter months, it’s pitch black, and I have to use my flashlight to guide me around the streets here in Kula. ~~~ The weather just seems to be nice everyday now, as it has been for weeks and weeks, and will be for months and months ahead. This time of year there’s typically great weather just about everywhere in the northern hemisphere, what with the summer season looming up just ahead. I hope you have a great spring day wherever you happen to be spending it! I’ll be back very early Thursday morning with your next updated weather narrative Aloha for now…Glenn.
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