Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennDecember 17-18 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79
Honolulu, Oahu – 80
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 79
Hilo, Hawaii – 80
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Tuesday morning:
Lihue, Kauai – 74F
Hilo, Hawaii – 65
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:
0.17 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.16 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.01 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.16 PUKALANI, MAUI
0.88 GLENWOOD, 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 – A 1027 millibar high pressure system is located to the north of the Aloha state. This high and its associated ridge system to the east and west, will keep gusty trade winds blowing today into Wednesday. 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.
The windward side of west Maui
photo credit: flickr.com
There will continue to be at least some passing showers arriving along the windward sides this week too. As is often the case when the trade winds are strong, showers ride in on them, falling along the north and east facing windward coasts and slopes…some of which will be briefly quite heavy. The smaller islands have low mountains dividing the windward and leeward sections, not high enough to keep the trade winds from carrying a few showers over into those south and west facing coasts at times. Nonetheless, the leeward beaches will be the sunniest of areas, with more or less favorably inclined weather conditions prevailing.
It’s Monday evening here in the islands, as I begin updating this last paragraph of today’s narrative. As has been the case for well over a week now, the trade winds have continued to dominate our local weather picture. This is good news for all the visitors here on vacation, as well as our resident sun worshippers. Typically, when the trade winds are blowing, the leeward sides, where most of the resorts are located, end up having nice weather, with lots of sunshine during the days. The windward sides on the other hand, often find passing showers, sometimes in what seems to be an endless parade of them. Often however, these showers are brief and quite light in intensity, although after repeated doses, can make for somewhat soggy conditions. ~~~ I don’t see any cold fronts or other organized rainmakers on the horizon at this point, so it seems like we’ll find great late autumn, into early winter weather conditions prevailing through the next week at least. ~~~ During lunch today, I made my way down to the beach in Kihei, and found sunny and near windless conditions. This of course sparked me into motion, right down to the ocean for a quick swim. The sun was very warm, and when I left to go back to work, the hot road was registering a summer-like 88F degrees on my car thermometer! To be truthful, the water was a little cool when I first walked into it, although moments later, literally, it felt wonderful, truly a pleasureble experience. By the way, some of you know about my near year long shoulder injury, which is really getting much better now. I attribute that quite a bit to my swimming in the healing ocean waters, and to my stretching it until it was painfull, and then that little bit more…which helped to get rid of my long frozen shoulder condition. What a relief to be heading back toward a normal reality in this regard. ~~~ I’ll be back very early Tuesday morning with your next new weather narrative from paradise, until then I hope everyone has a nice Monday night. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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