Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennSeptember 19-20 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 85F
Honolulu, Oahu – 88
Kaneohe, Oahu – 84
Kahului, Maui – 86
Hilo, Hawaii – 78
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86
Temperatures early Thursday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Honolulu, Oahu – 77F
Hilo, Hawaii – 70
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Thursday morning:
0.98 HANALEI RIVER, KAUAI
0.34 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.09 MOLOKAI
0.02 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.69 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
2.11 PIIHONUA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a strong 1038 millibar high pressure system located far NNE of Hawaii. This high pressure system has a ridge of high pressure extending SW to the north and NW of Hawaii. Despite this high pressure cell’s robust rating, it is too far away to provide us its strongest trade winds. This pressure configuration will keep moderate to locally strong trade winds blowing. 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.
Morning…along a secluded Hawaiian beach
Photo Credit: flickr.com
The trade winds will remain on the blustery side for the next several days here in the islands. Weather maps show a stronger 1037 millibar high pressure system located far to the NNE of the islands Wednesday evening. The latest computer forecast models show the winds remaining stronger than normal into Thursday, then easing back and becoming a little softer Friday into the weekend…continuing on into next week. These stronger trade winds have caused a small craft wind advisory to be issued for those windiest areas across the 50th state.
We’ll continue to see off and on showers arriving along the windward coasts and slopes, as is usual during a trade wind weather pattern. Shower activity will depend largely on how much cloudiness is being carried into the state by the trade winds at any one time. We’ll see some shower enhancement at times through the rest of the week, as a long lasting upper level low pressure system will keep our overlying atmosphere at least somewhat unstable…with some briefly heavy showers falling at times. That upper level low, along with the jet stream level winds aloft, will carry high cirrus clouds overhead at times too.
It’s Wednesday evening as I start writing this last paragraph of this weather narrative. The late summer trade winds will continue blowing across the
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