Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennDecember 18-19 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79
Honolulu, Oahu – 79
Kaneohe, Oahu – 76
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 74
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 80
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning:
Honolulu, Oahu – 73F
Hilo, Hawaii – 66
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Wednesday morning:
0.77 LIHUE, KAUAI
0.57 SOUTH FORK KAUKONAHUA, OAHU
0.03 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.43 PUKALANI, MAUI
0.72 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 locally gusty trade winds blowing today into Thursday. 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.
Less showers and more sunshine now
photo credit: flickr.com
At the moment, the shower activity along the windward sides is at a minimum, while the leeward sides are completely dry…and sunny during the days. This relatively dry period will turn slightly wetter again as we move into Wednesday and Thursday…back into what we could call normal along those windward coasts and slopes. This has been a welcome break from the recent wetter than normal trade wind flow during the last week. The showers will likely pick up some, as noted above, especially on the Big Island end of the state…where a few briefly heavy showers may fall. Looking a little further ahead, there will be a fairly normal distribution of windward biased showers falling through the rest of the week into next week.
It’s Tuesday evening here in the islands, as I begin updating this last paragraph of today’s narrative. The trade winds will be blowing out into the future as far as I can see from here. They have been blowing for quite a while already too. Thus, we’re in what we could call a prolonged period of late autumn trade wind episode, which will soon move into the early winter period. Typically, this is good news for the Hawaiian Islands, especially if you’re a person who enjoys the warmth of winter, with lots of sunshine beaming down. A trade wind weather pattern such as this, makes the Chamber of Commerce folks look good! It also makes the weather especially nice along those south and west facing leeward beaches. ~~~ This is was the second day in a row that I made it down to the beach in Kihei during my lunch break. It was yet another perfect day to take a sunny beach walk, and a good ocean swim. It’s interesting now, that the recent Kona storm took lots of the sand off the beaches, and deposited it just offshore. This allows one to walk way out, much further than normal…before finally reaching a water level over your head. ~~~ I love being able to take my early morning walk in Kula, and then a beach walk at lunch too, I really should take an early evening walk in Kula, although by the time I get home, I’m too lazy, and all I want to do is sit down and read. ~~~ I’ll be back very early Wednesday morning with your next weather narrative from paradise. I hope you have a great Tuesday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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