Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennSeptember 4-5 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 87F
Honolulu, Oahu – 88
Kaneohe, Oahu – 85
Kahului, Maui – 87
Hilo, Hawaii – 83
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 84
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Lihue, Kauai – 78F
Kahului, Maui – 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 Wednesday morning:
1.21 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.24 WILSON TUNNEL, OAHU
0.09 MOLOKAI
0.02 LANAI
0.15 KAHOOLAWE
2.00 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.67 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1030 millibar high pressure system located far NE of Hawaii now. At the same time we find a gale low pressure system, with its associated early season cold front to our NW. This pressure configuration will keep the trade winds blowing at light to moderate levels Wednesday and Thursday…still locally stronger and gusty during the afternoons in those windiest areas around the state. 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.
With some slight variation in strength, the trade winds will remain active here in the islands this week. The latest weather map shows high pressure systems located far to the NW and NNE of the islands…the source of our trade winds now. It appears, according to the latest computer forecast models, that our winds will stay in the moderately strong category as we move through the first part of this new week…and then begin to soften gradually during the second half of the week.
We’ll find just the usual passing showers along the windwards sides, leaving the leeward areas mostly dry and partly sunny during the days. Weather maps show a surface low pressure system developing far to the NW of Hawaii now. As this low moves by to our north this week, it will likely make our local trade winds a little lighter. However, in terms of precipitation, it will have little influence in our area. Showers will fall at times along the windward sides as usual, and perhaps along the Kona slopes on the Big Island…and along the leeward slopes of the Haleakala Crater during the afternoons or evenings too.
It’s Tuesday evening here in the islands, as I update this last paragraph of today’s narrative. We’ve recently moved into September, the last month of summer 2007. Actually, looking at the calender, we have less than three weeks left of summer before we slide into the autumn season. Typically the last part of summer is gentle, with somewhat less strong trade winds than we often find blowing during the early and middle summer months. It’s too early to see cold fronts approaching from the NW, and so our local weather often remains just fine. Glancing over into the eastern Pacific Ocean, we see hurricane Henriette spinning madly near Mexico, moving into the south part of the Baja Peninsula soon! Although here in the central Pacific we have no such spinning storms, which is just the way we like it. ~~~ I’ll be back early Wednesday morning with your next weather narrative, I hope you have a great Tuesday night until then! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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