Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJune 26-27 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 84F
Honolulu, Oahu – 88
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 89
Hilo, Hawaii – 86
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 87
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Honolulu, Oahu – 77F
Molokai airport – 70
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:
1.16 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.38 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.01 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.98 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.15 MOUNTAIN VIEW, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure systems stretched across the north central Pacific…connected by a solid ridge of high pressure. The trade winds will remain strong and gusty Wednesday and Thursday over Hawaii’s coastal waters best exposed to the trade wind flow. 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.
Wind and Waves converge…
Trade winds, trade winds, and more trade winds blowing here in the Hawaiian Islands. The latest weather map shows high pressure systems stretched out to the NW through NE of islands…which are the source regions for our trade winds now. Local winds are expected to remain quite blustery, peaking out in strength this week now through Thursday. The small craft wind advisory has been extended to include all the major channels between the islands…along with the Maalaea Bay on Maui, and the waters around some places on the Big Island. The trade winds will remain active through the rest of this month…with no end in sight as a matter of fact.
We’ll see pretty normal conditions in terms of incoming showers, with most of them sticking closely to the windward sides…with only a few stray drops falling elsewhere. This will leave the leeward sides mostly dry, which is common during the summer season. Weather maps show that same rather long lasting upper level low pressure system to the NW of Kauai. It may keep a few more than the ordinary showers falling across the island chain for the time being. As this upper air weather feature departs after mid-week, we will drop back into the usual precipitation pattern for this time of year…which often means dry weather prevailing.
It’s Tuesday here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. This time of year it becomes quite a challenge to come up with something new to write the weather, that is, something that I didn’t write about the day before…and that I won’t be discussing tomorrow! There’s often nothing thats very exciting to point out in our local Hawaiian Island weather picture, other than the near perfect weather that is. One day is almost a carbon copy of the last, and so it goes through the first half of summer generally. Once we get into later July, or more likely August and September, there can always be some tropical storm or hurricane that is churning the waters of the eastern Pacific. Then there are those few occasions when one of these tropical cyclones decides to come closer to the islands…that’s when things become more news worthy! We’re expected only 2-3 tropical systems to be active in the central Pacific this hurricane season, which is down from the 4-5 that is considered normal during our hurricane season. There’s nothing even remotely like a spinning storm within the entire Pacific Ocean at this time…and believe you me, I’ll be pointing out anything well before it gets within a thousand miles of Hawaii as soon as I see it brewing! ~~~ I hope you have a great Tuesday night, I’ll be back early Wednesday morning with your next weather narrative. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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