Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJuly 30-31 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 86F
Honolulu, Oahu – 89
Kaneohe, Oahu – 85
Kahului, Maui – 87
Hilo, Hawaii – 86
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 87
Temperatures early Tuesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Honolulu, Oahu – 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 Tuesday morning:
0.11 WAILUA, KAUAI
0.92 AHUIMANU LOOP, OAHU
0.08 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.03 KAHOOLAWE
0.75 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.42 LAUPAHOEHOE, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure systems located far NW through far NE of Hawaii Tuesday. The trade winds will remain light to moderately strong over Hawaii’s coastal waters…although locally stronger and gusty in those usual windiest locations through Wednesday. 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. Here’s a tracking map covering both the eastern and central Pacific Ocean.
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.
Great sandy beach on the island of Oahu
These last two days of July will be full of the trade winds blowing here in Hawaii. Weather maps show an extensive area of high pressure stretched from far NW of the islands, running by to the north of here, and then far to the NE of our area. There are several high pressure cells embedded in this very long ridge of high pressure. This elongated zone of high pressure will keep the trade winds active through at least the next week. The long last lasting small craft wind advisory in the southern part of the state was finally taken down. The computer forecast models show the trade winds picking up a notch in strength as we get into the upcoming weekend time frame.
Satellite imagery shows several cloud bands being carried in our direction on the trade wind flow. The showers that fall from these stratocumulus and cumulus clouds will arrive along the windward coasts and slopes for the most part. As usual, with such a trade wind weather pattern in force, the most generous amounts will be deposited during the cooler night and early morning hours. The models show no serious rainfall coming our way anytime soon, so that most of those showers will be on the light side. There may be a few showers falling during the afternoon hours along the Kona and Maui upcountry slopes as well.
It’s Monday here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. As noted in the two paragraphs above, we’re involved in what could be considered a very normal late July pattern, with the trade winds dominating our Hawaiian Island weather picture. Just the usual passing showers will fall along those lush tropical coasts and slopes. There are no tropical systems here in the central Pacific, nor in the eastern Pacific. We have to travel over into the western Pacific to find such a spinning storm, which is called typhoon Usagi…heading towards southern Japan. If we look even further to the west, there’s a dissipating storm in the south Indian Ocean as well. ~~~ I’m excited to find out from a friend’s email, that the Hawaiian Islands will have a rare total lunar eclipse later in the month of August…actually the night of August 27th. I’m pretty sure that at some point in my life I’ve witnessed a such an unusual celestial event, but I can’t remember when that was, and has me looking forward to such a special occasion! I’ll of course be discussing this event more thoroughly as it gets closer. ~~~ I’ll be back early Tuesday morning with your next weather narrative. I hope you have a great Monday night! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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