Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennNovember 8-9 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Thursday:
Lihue, Kauai – 84
Honolulu, Oahu – 86
Kaneohe, Oahu – 82
Kahului, Maui – 88
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 84
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Friday morning:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77F
Hilo, Hawaii – 67
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Friday morning:
0.41 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
1.09 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.02 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.01 KAHOOLAWE
0.45 ULUPALAKUA, MAUI
0.26 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Trade wind producing high pressure systems located to the NE and NW of the islands, will keep the trade winds blowing in the light to moderately strong range, locally stronger in those windiest areas…especially in the southern part of the island chain. Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map. 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.
A sunny day in Hilo town…on the Big Island
photo credit: flickr.com
The long awaited trade winds have finally returned to the Hawaiian Islands. The long lasting Kona low pressure system, along with its associated trough, have finally moved further away to our west. This in turn allows the high pressure system, seen on weather maps to our NE, to spin out what will be a light to moderately strong trade wind flow. The latest weather model output suggests that these balmy breezes will be with us through the weekend into next week…although taking a turn to the softer side of the wind spectrum temporarily Sunday and Monday. Forecasts for the trade winds show them sticking around through the next 7-10 days.
The returning trade winds will carry clouds with some showers into the windward sides of the islands later Thursday into the night. These new showers will for the most part bypass the leeward sides…although an afternoon shower could pop up over Kona and around Maui. A drier air mass will reach the state later Friday, with nice weather conditions prevailing through the weekend. By the way, the trade winds will help to ventilate the volcanic haze out of local skies over the islands of Maui County…where it has been thick lately! Looking further ahead, we may see a possible increase in showers around next Tuesday or Wednesday.
It’s Thursday evening here in islands, as I start writing this update for today’s narrative. We find ourselves back in a fairly typical, November trade wind weather pattern. The trade winds won’t be getting too strong however, like they do at times. As a matter of fact, they won’t get much stronger than what we call light to moderate. We can think of this as 10-20 mph in general, with some of those normally windier spots seeing gusts up towards the 30 mph mark. ~~~ Using this looping satellite image you will be able to see the departing low pressure system far to the west of Hawaii, as well as the incoming clouds carried in our direction by the trade winds. As noted in one of the paragraphs above, the windward sides will see off and on very minor showers beginning this evening, while the leeward sides will have a fine night, filled with tropical stars. ~~~ I trust all of you are doing well today, wherever you happen to be spending it. I haven’t mentioned it in a while, although I do appreciate that you have chosen to get your weather information for Hawaii by using my website. I do my best to keep you up-to-date on a daily basis, and continue to enjoy our weather related friendship. I’ll be back early Friday morning with more news from the islands. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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