Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennAugust 20-21 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 87F
Honolulu, Oahu – 90
Kaneohe, Oahu – 84
Kahului, Maui – 87
Hilo, Hawaii – 81
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 84
Temperatures early Tuesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Lihue, Kauai – 78F
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:
0.16 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.13 WAIHEE PUMP, OAHU
0.17 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.02 KAHOOLAWE
1.42 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.96 HONOKAA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1026 millibar high pressure system located north of Hawaii Tuesday. This high pressure cell has elongated ridges of high pressure extending out to the west and east. This pressure configuration will keep our local trade winds blowing in the moderately strong category over Hawaii’s coastal waters 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.
Warm inviting beach on the island of Oahu
Photo Credit: Flickr.com
There will be the usual passing showers along the windward sides, which will remain active for the time being. The leeward sides will remain mostly dry in contrast, except along the Kona slopes of the Big Island, where some afternoon or evening showers will fall occasionally. The computer forecast models suggest that an upper level low pressure system may help to increase showers locally towards the end of the week…which would be rather unusual for this time of year, so it may still be a little early to get too serious about this prospect just yet. Until then, we’ll see some passing shower activity, although nothing too far from normal in general.
It’s Monday here in the islands, as I update this last paragraph of today’s narrative from Kula, Maui. We’ve just come through a lovely weekend, with very nice weather…although that isn’t unusual this time of year! The forecast for this week remains generally nice, although the computer models keep trying to get us wetter during the second half of the week, especially towards the weekend. If we consult climatology, that long time record of past weather cirucumstances, it would appear less than likely that we would turn quite as wet as the models are suggesting. That’s why I keep hedging my bets on this actually taking place just yet. I’d prefer to remain a little loose on this prospect, perhaps waiting until around Wednesday to nail this wetter weather forecast into place. If this situation develops as the models describe, the trade winds would become much lighter too, which is another reason to have some doubt, as it is difficult to tamp them down much this time of year as well. Let’s just hold this showery prognostication lightly for the time being, and let the models sort out the details for us. If the models are right about this light wind situation however, we will be feeling very hot and humid during the days then! ~~~ I’ll be back Tuesday morning with your next weather narrative, I hope you have a Monday night either here in the Islands, or wherever you happen to be enjoying it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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