Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennDecember 21-22 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Friday:
Lihue, Kauai – 80
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 78
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 76
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 5 a.m. Saturday morning:
Lihue, Kauai – 73F
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 Saturday morning:
0.49 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.42 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.04 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.24 KAHOOLAWE
0.69 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
1.48 HILO AIRPORT, 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 1032 millibar high pressure system is located far to the northeast of the Aloha state, has a ridge running from its westward flank into the area north of Hawaii. This ridge, now weakened by low pressure to its north, will keep slightly lighter trade winds blowing across our area Saturday 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.
Warm sunny weather in the islands now!
photo credit: flickr.com
The leeward beaches will luxuriate in warm sunny days, while the windward sides will find a few showers falling at times. Those north and east facing windward coasts and slopes will find most of those incoming showers falling during the overnight hours…leaving most of the day in nice weather with partly cloudy skies. The leeward sides, as noted above will be just fine, with lots of warm sunshine beaming down during the days! Air temperatures will rise into the 70F’s to lower 80F’s during the days, which is pretty normal for this time of year. I see no cold fronts, or upper level low pressure systems, which would turn our local weather wetter, on the horizon at this time.
It’s Friday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. We’re living through the last few moments of our autumn season, with the official beginning of winter, called the winter solstice of course, set to occur at 808pm this evening, at least in the Hawaii Standard Time zone (HST). It seems anything but winter down here in the tropics at this time, that is if we discount the cooler temperatures that we would find in the summer months. During the summer, our high temperatures would be ranging between 80-92F degrees for the most part. What we’re finding at this time is a range between the upper 70’s to lower 80’s. The overnight low temperatures now are a little cooler than summer of course. This is largely a function of the shorter days and longer nights…limiting our sunshine to a shorter warming period. Friday had only 10 hours and 50 minutes of daylight, compared with 13 hours and 26 minutes at the summer solstice. There’s that, and the fact that the sun is at a lower angle in the sky, limiting its warming potential as well. ~~~ I just had a radio interview on Manao Radio here on Maui, which I do typically on Friday mornings, while I’m driving down to the Maui Community College to do my TV weather show…and then again late Friday afternoon. It’s fun to talk story about the weather live on the radio, just like it is on the television. ~~~ I’m going to see a new film this evening called Charlie Wilson’s War, starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, among others. It’s based on the true story of how Charlie Wilson, an alcoholic womanizer and Texas congressman, persuaded the CIA to train and arm resistance fighters in Afghanistan to fend off the Soviet Union. With the help of rogue CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, the two men supplied money, training and a team of military experts that turned the ill-equipped Afghan freedom-fighters into a force that brought the Red Army to a stalemate and set the stage for conflicts in the Middle East that still rage to this day. Here’s a link to the trailer. I’ll let you know what I thought about it early Saturday morning, when I’m back online with your next new weather narrative from paradise. ~~~ I hope everyone has a great Friday night, wherever you are, and whatever you may be doing! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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