Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennDecember 19-20 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 78
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 76
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 80
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Thursday morning:
Lihue, Kauai – 74F
Hilo, Hawaii – 64
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Thursday morning:
1.36 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.28 KAHUKU, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.92 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.95 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 1031 millibar high pressure system is located to the northeast of the Aloha state. This high and its associated ridge systems, will keep locally gusty trade winds blowing Thursday…becoming slightly lighter Friday. 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.
Nice colors on Maui
photo credit: flickr.com
After a couple of relatively drier than normal days, our showers will edge back up into the normal realms again now…if not slightly above that along some windward areas. These showers will 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. The leeward sides will be just fine, with lots of warm sunshine beaming down during the days!
It’s Wednesday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. This ever present trade wind weather pattern continues to unfold, and I’m wondering whether it might not last through the rest of 2007? This is the time of year when the trade winds are often at a minimum, and can stop altogether at times. As you probably know, the late spring and summer, into early autumn periods, are when the trade winds blow the most regularly. During the late autumn and winter months, they can go on vacation quite frequently. As I was mentioning the last couple of days, no one here in the islands is too concerned about this especially long lasting period of the trade winds…as they keep good weather conditions in place. The one thing however, is that the windward sides can sometimes get wet with incoming showers, carried by the trade winds. The leeward sides in contrast, often find some of their their best weather of the year, when the trade winds are blowing. ~~~ For the third day in a row, I made it to the beach at lunch, and yes, found near perfection yet again! There was nothing cold about it, on any level, other than perhaps that first few seconds that my feet touched the ocean, on the way in. Someone from the state of Washington came up to me on the beach today, introducing himself as a viewer of my weather show. He was aglow with the beauty that he was experiencing, pointing out how very clear the water was, as you could see the sand a long way out from the sandy shore. I think that going to the beach during the winter in a warm tropical climate, like Hawaii, must be one of the most satisfying and fulfilling experiences known to man or woman! ~~~ Thursday I have a dentist appointment in Pukalani, so that after going down to Kahului to do my TV weather show, I’ll drive back up to Kula, and work from home. The reason I bring this up, is that I’ll miss my routine beach walk and swim…its tough! I’ll be back very early Thursday morning with your next new weather narrative, I hope you have a peaceful Wednesday night. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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