Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJuly 23-24 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 86F
Honolulu, Oahu – 89
Kaneohe, Oahu – 84
Kahului, Maui – 87
Hilo, Hawaii – 86
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86
Temperatures early Tuesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Honolulu, Oahu – 77F
Hilo, Hawaii – 69
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:
0.06 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.19 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
1.22 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.94 KEALAKEKUA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure systems located to the north and NE 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.
A remote beach on Molokai
The hawaiian Islands have returned to a routine trade wind weather pattern Monday, after the passage of former tropical depression Cosme to the south this past weekend. Cosme is now being described as a remnant low pressure system, and continues to move away from our area at near 20 mph. This retired tropical depression early Monday morning was over 1000 miles WSW of the Hawaiian Islands, and not expected to regenerate. The muggy and locally showery weather that we saw in places over the last few days, has now been replaced with drier air, with less humidity.
The trade winds will take over as our primary weather influence now, blowing more or less in the moderately strong category. Weather maps show well established high pressure systems located to the NNW and NE of the Aloha state. These high pressure cells will keep the trade winds blowing across our area of the north central Pacific Ocean through the rest of this week. The small craft wind advisories remain in place over the channels in the southern part of the state, as well as those windiest coastal areas on Maui and the Big Island.
Satellite imagery shows just the normal cloudiness upstream of the islands, which will keep a few showers falling along our windward coasts and slopes. Nothing out of the ordinary is expected this week in terms of precipitation. The computer forecast models show that an old cold front may bring its leftover showers into the waters north of Hawaii later this week, but it isn’t expected to reach any of our islands. This leaves the leeward sides of the 50th state in fine shape, with lots of sunshine, and mostly dry weather prevailing. There’s always that chance that a few upslope showers may develop over the Kona slopes during the afternoons here and there.
It’s Monday here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. It was quite excitiing for a while there, as a tropical depression moved quite close to the Hawaiian Islands starting this last Friday into this past weekend. It was a little touch and go for a short time, not knowing exactly how windy it would get, and how much rain would fall where. As it turned out, we got quite a bit of both over the southern part of the state…although as expected, the Big Island and Maui shared top honors in regards to receiving the most generous precipitation. Some of the wettest areas on both of those islands got deluged with 5.00+ inch rainfall amounts, with at least one spot on the Big Island topping 6.00 inches! The trade winds got rather strong and gusty across Hawaii’s coastal waters as Cosme passed by to our south too, although not strong enough that it was a problem. ~~~ As the paragraphs above note, we are moving quickly back into a normal mid-summer trade wind weather pattern now. There is a new tropical storm in the eastern Pacific, called Dalila, although as this tracking map shows, it is all the way over close to Mexico, and absolutely poses no threat to our islands.
~~~ I’ll be back early Tuesday morning with your next weather narrative from paradise. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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