Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennOctober 1-2 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 84F
Honolulu, Oahu – 85
Kaneohe, Oahu – 82
Kahului, Maui – 86
Hilo, Hawaii – 75
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 84
Temperatures early Tuesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Honolulu, Oahu – 77F
Kahului, Maui – 68
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:
0.21 WAILUA, KAUAI
2.94 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.30 MOLOKAI
0.21 LANAI
0.03 KAHOOLAWE
3.27 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
2.21 HONAUNAU, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure systems located north of the islands. This pressure configuration will keep moderately strong trade winds blowing across our marine environment through Wednesday…stronger and gusty in those usual windier places. 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.
Spouting Horn…on the island of Kauai
photo credit: flickr.com
The trade winds, blowing in the moderately strong category, will continue blowing across the Hawaiian Islands through the next week at least. The latest weather map shows a 1033 millibar high pressure system located far to the NNW of the islands Monday evening. This trade wind producing high pressure cell will keep moderate trade winds blowing, although locally quite strong and gusty in those typically windier locations around the 50th state. A small craft wind advisory is now in place across those windiest areas in the southern part of the state.
An area of showery clouds passed through the state today, with the majority of rain falling along the windward sides of the islands…drier weather Tuesday. Satellite imagery showed an area of clouds moving along in the trade wind flow during the day Monday. This moisture field brought showers, although most of them ending up most generously along the windward coasts and slopes. The leeward areas didn’t see much of this precipitation, and only in those areas on the smaller islands were the trade winds carried a few stray showers over the lower mountains. The Kona coast and slopes of course will likely see showers during the day into night as well.
It’s Monday evening as I begin writing this last paragraph of todays weather narrative. This satellite image shows high level cirrus cloudiness moving our way from the deeper tropics to our SW. This cirrus will give nice sunrise and sunset colors in those areas of the Aloha state where they happen to be overhead. ~~~ This Saturday I head out to the west coast on vacation. I’ll visit Marin County, that county that is just north of San Franciso for several days. Then its off to the High Sierra mountain range, for some camping in an Aspen forest, which hopefully will have the leaves turning yellow. After that, I head out to the northern coast of Mendecino County. A friend and I have rented a great house right on the bluff, with an outdoor hot tub for four days. Then it’s down to southern California for almost a week to visit with my Mom and Dad and family. It should be a great time, and just wanted to give you a heads up that I will be gone for about three weeks. I’ll have more to say about that later this week. ~~~ I’ll be early Tuesday morning with your next weather narrative from paradise, I hope you have a great Monday night wherever you happen to be today! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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