Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJuly 12-13 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Thursday:
Lihue, Kauai – 85F
Honolulu, Oahu – 87
Kaneohe, Oahu – 84
Kahului, Maui – 88
Hilo, Hawaii – 85
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 87
Temperatures early Friday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Lihue, Kauai – 76F
Molokai airport – 73
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Friday morning:
0.11 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.35 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.37 OHEO GULCH, MAUI
0.40 KEALAKEKUA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure systems located to the NNW and NE of Hawaii Friday. The trade winds will remain moderately strong over Hawaii’s marine environment…although locally stronger and gusty in those usual windiest locations Friday…becoming lighter Saturday and Sunday. 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.
The lovely Kihei, Maui coastal strip
No end in sight for the moderately strong trade winds blowing across the Hawaiian Islands. The latest weather map shows high pressure centers located to the north and NW of the 50th state, which continues to be the source of our locally breezy winds Thursday. The trades will remain at more or less moderate strengths through the rest of the week…although locally strong and gusty in those windiest areas. The rather long lasting small craft wind advisory around Maui and the Big Island has been cancelled. The trade winds may pick up a notch this weekend into early next week, as a shearline moves close to the northern islands.
There will be a few showers falling, although almost exclusively along the windward coasts and slopes. Otherwise, only light precipitation will fall, with nothing more than than expected until we get into the weekend. The leeward sides of the islands will remain dry during the foreseeable future. High clouds continue to sweep across island skies, providing great sunset and sunrise colors! These cirrus clouds are moving westward, in association with an upper level low pressure system, and will likely depart our area later today, and certainly by Friday.
It’s Thursday here in Hawaii, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. The next chance of an increase in showers will approach from the north late Friday into the weekend. The computer models continue to suggest that the tail-end of a cold front, often called a shearline, will be arriving this weekend. If it makes it to Hawaii, and it would be unusual during the summer month of July…it could bring an increase in showers. The islands of Kauai and Oahu would have the best chance of seeing moisture arriving, with the models even showing it making it down as far as the Big Island by Saturday night. This is good news, very good news…let’s just hope that it manifests as described by the models. Nonetheless, we will accept any showers with welcome arms, although it would be most welcome in the southern part of the state, where the driest conditions exist. ~~~ The last couple of days I’ve been exclaiming how beautiful the shrinking crescent moon has been, wondering just how thin it could get. We’ll, I believe that Thursday morning’s sliver is absolutely the thinnest possible. It’s rising out of the eastern horizon as I look out of my weather tower window now, shining through a veil of pink cirrus clouds. I can’t imagine it will be visible at all by Friday, which means it will have attained its new moon phase. ~~~ I hope you have a great Thursday night wherever you happen to be spending it, either here in the islands, or elsewhere! I’ll be back early Friday morning with your next weather narrative. Aloha for now…Glenn.
Email Glenn James: 
