Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennDecember 7-8 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Friday:
Lihue, Kauai – 74
Honolulu, Oahu – 78
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 78
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 5 a.m. Saturday morning:
Kailua-kona – 76F
Lihue, Kauai – 72
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Saturday morning:
5.38 MOHIHI CROSSING, KAUAI
2.29 ST. STEPHENS, OAHU
1.21 MOLOKAI
1.10 LANAI
0.49 KAHOOLAWE
3.09 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
9.16 KAPAPALA RANCH, BIG ISLAND
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.
Weather Chart – The kona low pressure system remains in the area north of Hawaii Saturday, while its associated trough hangs down over the islands to its south. The winds will be lighter, and generally from the Kona direction again today into Sunday. 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.
Still locally showery in Hawaii this weekend
photo credit: flickr.com
The winds coming up from the southwest will remain on the breezy side, and carrying passing showers our way. The air aloft is still rather cold, at least compared to the warm and moisture laden air near the surface. This contrast will keep the clouds in our area growing taller than normal. These localized towering cumulus clouds, or even a random thunderstorm, will be roaming our skies for a little while longer. We will likely see quite a few showers falling, some of which will remain on the heavy side of the precipitation spectrum. This however won’t be a total wash, as there will be sporadic clearing, albeit it rather brief at times. Partly to mostly cloudy will be the call, with most of the showers falling along the south and west facing leeward coasts and slopes…although just about anywhere could get another round of soaking rain.
It’s Friday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. The folks here in the islands have been experiencing lots of clouds, wind, and rain this week. We have entered into the tail-end of this unsettled weather pattern, finally! As you can see from reading the two paragraphs above, this Kona low pressure system is nearly done with us, with improving conditions just up ahead. ~~~ Please use this looping satellite image so you can see the conveyor belt of rich tropical moisture being funneled into the state by the nearby Kona low. Here’s a looping radar image, so you can keep abreast of where the heaviest rains are falling too. ~~~ I’m just about ready to leave Kihei, Maui, where it rained hard a couple of times today, with rain bearing clouds still hanging low overhead. I’m going to see a new film this evening, called the Golden Compass. It stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig in a fantasy adventure of parallel worlds, witches, warring bears and shape-shifting animals. It didn’t receive all that high of grades by the movie critics, actually only a B-, although the trailer is pulling me in! I’ll let you know what I think about it when I get back online early Saturday morning, with your next new weather narrative from paradise. I hope you have a great Friday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.Here’s a link to the top of snowy Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, perhaps you can catch it before it gets dark
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