Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennSeptember 16-17 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 86F
Honolulu, Oahu – 87
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 89
Hilo, Hawaii – 89
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 88
Temperatures early Monday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 5 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79F
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 Monday morning:
0.09 KALAHEO, KAUAI
0.39 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.01 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.76 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.61 PIIHONUA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1029 millibar high pressure system located far NNE of Hawaii. This high pressure system has a ridge of high pressure extending WSW to the north and NW of Hawaii. This pressure configuration will keep moderately strong trade winds blowing…locally stronger and gusty in those locally windiest areas. 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 and Radar 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 beauty of Hawaii
Photo Credit:: flickr.com
The trade winds will be with us through the next week, strongest Wednesday through Friday…then a little lighter by next weekend. Weather maps show a 1032 millibar high pressure system located far to the NE of the islands Sunday. There are no advisories for these trade winds in our marine environment now, although by mid-week for a couple of days, we will likely see a small craft wind advisory over some of the major channels.
A trough of low pressure to our NW, and another trough that moved across our islands Saturday, are moving away now…which will help to bring back a more normal trade wind weather pattern now. Saturday was a cloudy day, with showers falling in many areas, with even a couple of briefly heavy downpours. Sunday’s weather remained cloudier than usual, thanks in large measure to the considerable amount of cirrus clouds from Molokai down through the Big Island. Whatever showers that are left around will fall along the windward sides, and then over the Kona and Kula slopes perhaps during the late afternoon or evening hours…although much lighter than earlier in the weekend.
It’s Sunday evening here in the islands, as I update this last paragraph of today’s narrative. As noted in the paragraph above, a batch of moisture passed through the state yesterday and overnight. You can see by clicking on the following satellite picture, that there are still lots of clouds around. They will however gradually be moving away to our west by Monday. The leeward beaches will have the best luck in finding sunshine, although the cirrus clouds will keep sunshine to a minimum again today. As noted in one of the paragraphs above, we will be transitioning back into a more normal trade wind weather pattern soon however. This will bring us back into a much sunnier reality, just the way our local sunworshippers like it…not to mention the visitors who are here seeking those all important sun tans! ~~~ I’ll be back early Monday morning with your next weather narrative, I hope you have a great Sunday night wherever you happen to be reading from. Aloha, Glenn.
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