December 2007
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December 20-21 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Thursday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 78
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 81
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Friday morning:
Lihue, Kauai – 73F
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 Friday morning:
0.98 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.71 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.16 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
1.97 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.28 PAHOA, 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 high pressure system located 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 Friday into Saturday. 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
A sunny day on Waikiki Beach…
photo credit: flickr.com
There continues to be no end in sight for the current long lasting trade wind weather pattern. The latest weather map shows a trade wind producing high pressure system to the northeast of the islands Thursday evening. This high pressure cell is rated at a fairly normal 1032 millibars. The size and location of this high pressure cell will enable it to spin-out light to moderate wind speeds…still locally quite strong and gusty in those windiest areas. These winds will become slightly softer Friday and Saturday, only to pick up again Sunday into next week. The expectation is that these fair weather trade wind conditions may very well extend right on through the rest of this year.
The windward sides will continue to see some passing shower activity, while most leeward beaches will remain dry and sunny for the most part during the days. Those north and east facing windward coasts and slopes will find most of the incoming showers falling during the overnight hours…when a few briefly heavy ones may rain down. 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! Air temperatures will remain fixed in the 70F’s to lower 80F’s during the days, which is pretty normal for this time of year.
It’s Thursday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. Today is the last full day of autumn 2007, as here in Hawaii, the winter solstice occurs tomorrow evening. Winter here in the islands isn’t anything like it is in the middle latitudes of the northern hemisphere. Down here in the tropics, winter is more like summer, at least compared to most places in more northerly latitudes. Actually, winter is my favorite season, as the air temperatures are warm, and not hot like they can be during the high sun season of summer. The beaches are such a treat during the winter months, when the temperatures often, actually almost everyday along the leeward sides, climb into the 80F’s. The surrounding ocean remains in the middle 70F’s along those leeward beaches too, with the warm ocean and air combined…this creates what most folks picture as paradise. Add the coconut palm trees, and the lovely colors that are evident in every direction one looks, and we see why folks from all over the world flock here this time of year! ~~~ I worked from home today, here in Kula, Maui, so I wasn’t able to have my ordinary beach walk and swim during my lunch break, and believe me, I missed it. I’ll be back very early Friday morning with a new weather narrative, I hope you have a great Thursday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
Interesting: The land dwelling ancestor of the whale was a small deer-like animal that resembled a raccoon in size, according to researchers at the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy. The discovery of this animal could possibly provide the missing evolutionary link in how the whale came to live in water.
Scientists have speculated that the whale’s ancestor may have been a carnivore, which went to sea in search of fish. However the new fossil called Indohyus almost certainly appears to be a herbivore. The animal is thought to have roamed the Earth 48 million years ago.
Conventionally the hippopotamus has been regarded as a cousin of whales, dolphins and porpoises. However the discovery of the new fossils puts paid to that theory. The fossil’s bone structure has striking similarities to whales.
Its middle ear structure is identical to that found only in the cetaceans or the water-dwelling animals. This type of structure is thought to help these animals adapt to life underwater. Furthermore the chemical make-up of the tooth structure in Indohyus is also similar to marine mammals indicating that the creature spent a lot of time away from land.
"What we think happened is that the ancestors of both Indohyus and whales were animals that looked like a tiny deer," said lead researcher Hans Thewissen. On Indohyus being a plant eater he added, . “Apparently the dietary shift to hunting animals, as modern whales do, came later than the habitat shift to the water.”
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December 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
Nice colors on Maui
photo credit: flickr.com
The long lasting trade wind flow over the Hawaiian Islands will continue through the rest of this week…right on into next week. The latest weather map continues to show that there’s a trade wind producing high pressure system to the north of the islands Wednesday. This high pressure cell is weighing-in at a fairly normal 1028 millibars. The size and location of this high pressure cell will enable it to spin-out moderate to fresh wind speeds…still locally quite strong and gusty in those windiest areas.
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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December 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
Less showers and more sunshine now
photo credit: flickr.com
The long lasting trade winds will continue, although gradually get slightly lighter through the rest of this week into next week. The latest weather map shows that there’s still a trade wind producing high pressure system to the north of the islands Tuesday. This high pressure cell is weaker now, showing a reduced 1027 millibar weight. Although, at the same time, its still pretty close by, which will translate into moderate to fresh wind speeds…still locally quite strong and gusty in those windiest areas. These trade winds will be showing a continued slow decline in strength however as we move through the second half of the week, although remain active into at least the beginning of next week, including the Christmas holiday…which should be a good weather day.
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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December 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
The windward side of west Maui
photo credit: flickr.com
The trade winds will continue blowing here in the islands, although gradually getting lighter through the week. The strong high pressure system that was stationed to the north of here last week, which brought us unusually strong and gusty trade winds, topped-out in strength at 1039 millibars…although is now showing a reduced 1028 reading. This trade wind producing high pressure is still fairly close to Hawaii however, so that our trade winds will remain quite blustery in some areas. These trade winds will be showing a decline in strength as we move through the week, although remain active into at least the beginning of next week…including the Christmas holiday.
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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December 16-17 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 78
Kahului, Maui – 79
Hilo, Hawaii – 80
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Monday morning:
Lihue, Kauai – 74F
Barking Sands, Kauai – 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 Monday morning:
0.50 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
1.03 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.13 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
2.11 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
1.39 PAHOA, 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 1030 millibar high pressure system is located to the north of the Aloha state now. This high and its associated ridge system to the east and west, will keep gusty trade winds blowing today into Tuesday. 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
One of the most beautiful islands…Kauai
photo credit: flickr.com
Strong trade winds will continue blowing, then get slightly lighter as we move into the new week ahead. These trades are keeping small craft advisories active over all the coastal waters statewide, with a gale warning in force over the Alenuihaha Channel between Maui and the Big Island, and the waters to the south of the Big Island as well. These stronger than normal winds aren’t restricted to just the lowlands either, as a wind advisory remains in force for the Haleakala Crater summit on Maui, and the two near 14,000 foot peaks, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. The winds are strong enough now in the Kohala area on the Big Island, remains under a wind advisory too. The latest computer forecast models indicate that these winds will remain on the blustery side, finally starting to mellow out a touch after the weekend…although remain active through Christmas.
Satellite imagery shows that clouds with passing showers will continue along the windward sections of all the islands. 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. It appears that there will be a fairly steady stream of these passing showers arriving through the foreseeable future along those wind exposed areas. The smaller islands have low mountains dividing the windward and leeward sections, not high enough to keep the blustery 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 Sunday evening here in the islands, as I begin updating this last paragraph of today’s narrative. The stiff winds noted above, will be with us a while longer. They will be blowing in the 10-30 mph range generally, although those windiest areas will find wind speeds gusting between 30-40 mph, with higher gusts to near 50 mph in a few select spots. ~~~ The windward sides will continue to see an off and on parade of passing showers. In most cases, they will be light to moderate, although there continue to be reports of briefly heavy ones falling at times. The leeward sides will see fairly sunny skies during the days, with relatively warm temperatures prevailing. ~~~ I had a very pleasant time at a friends birthday party in Haiku this afternoon, which is of course in the heart of the windward side of east Maui. There were some showers, with one brief downpour, although the winds are much stronger here in Kula this evening, with still those occasional passing light showers…then they were over on the north shore. There were some very nice folks who were there, several of whom I’d never met before. We took walks, played boche ball, I think that’s how you spell it…as they live on 14 acres, with the valleys running all the way down to the ocean. We shared a great meal, and I was the first to leave, mostly because I had the farthest to drive. I’m about ready to go to bed, do some reading, fall asleep, athough I’ll be up again when the alarm goes off at around 4am early Monday morning. I hope you have a great Sunday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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December 15-16 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Saturday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 79
Hilo, Hawaii – 80
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 6 a.m. Sunday morning:
Lihue, Kauai – 74F
Hilo, Hawaii – 69
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Sunday morning:
1.36 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
3.08 SOUTH FORK KAUKONAHUA, OAHU
0.23 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
2.07 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
2.55 WAIAKEA UKA, 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 to the north of the Aloha state now. This high and its associated ridge system to the east and west, will keep strong trade winds blowing today into Monday. 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
Wet trade winds along the windward sides of the islands
photo credit: flickr.com
Strong trade winds will prevail through Sunday, then back off a little during the work week ahead. These trades are keeping small craft advisories active over all the coastal waters statewide, with a gale warning in force over the Alenuihaha Channel between Maui and the Big Island, and the waters to the south of the Big Island as well. These stronger than normal winds aren’t restricted to just the lowlands either, as a wind advisory remains in force for the Haleakala Crater summit on Maui, and the two near 14,000 foot peaks, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. The winds are strong enough now in the Kohala area on the Big Island, remains under a wind advisory too. The latest computer forecast models indicate that these winds will remain on the blustery side for the time being…finally starting to mellow out some after the weekend.
Satellite imagery shows that clouds with passing showers will continue along the windward sections of all the islands. 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. It appears that there will be a fairly steady stream of these passing showers arriving through the weekend along those wind exposed areas. The smaller islands have low mountains dividing the windward and leeward sections, not high enough to keep the blustery winds from carrying a few showers over into those south and west facing coasts at times. The leeward beaches will be the sunniest areas, with more or less favorably inclined weather conditions prevailing however.
It’s Saturday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. The stiff winds noted above, will be with us a while longer. They will be blowing in the 10-30 mph range generally, although those windiest areas will find wind speeds gusting between 30-40 mph, with higher gusts to near 50 mph in a few select spots. ~~~ The windward sides will continue to see an off and on parade of passing showers. In most cases, they will be light to moderate, although there continue to be reports of briefly heavy ones falling at times. The leeward sides will see fairly sunny skies during the days, with relatively warm temperatures prevailing. ~~~ This morning I went down to the Kahului harbor, to take part in a gathering that protested the controversial Super Ferry. My main concern was that this huge catameran would run over Humpback Whales or Dolphins during its crossing between the islands. It was a good large gathering of concerned folks, who had various reasons to not want the Superferry to tread heavily across the coastal and channels waters of the islands. It was a peaceful gathering for the most part, and despite my reluctance to participate, I had to do it on behalf of the ocean, and the creatures that would be out there holding signs if they could…wanting to protect their delicate existence. ~~~ I just got back from attending a memorial service at the Union Church in Makawao, as a friend of mine recently passed away. His name was Ron Sturtz, who was very instrumental in environmental affairs on Maui. It was a very moving experience, as so many people loved this big hearted man. I found tears running down my cheeks many times during the moving cermony. I will miss Ron’s ever present humanistic presence, as will many, many people both here in Hawaii, and on the mainland as well. He shined his love light all around! ~~~ I’ll be back early Sunday with your next new updated weather narrative from paradise. I hope you have a great Saturday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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December 14-15 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Friday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79
Honolulu, Oahu – 79
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 79
Hilo, Hawaii – 78
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Saturday morning:
Molokai airport – 75F
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:
1.07 WAINIHA, KAUAI
1.34 SOUTH FORK KAUKONAHUA, OAHU
0.12 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
2.61 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
1.33 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 – An unusually strong 1037 millibar high pressure system is located to the north of the Aloha state now. This high and its associated ridge system, will keep strong trade winds blowing 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
Windy weather in the Hawaiian Islands
photo credit: flickr.com
Unusually strong trade winds will prevail through the weekend, continuing into the early part of the new week ahead. These trades are keeping small craft advisories active over all the coastal waters statewide, with a gale warning in force over the Alenuihaha Channel between Maui and the Big Island, and more recently the waters to the south of the Big Island as well. These stronger than normal winds aren’t restricted to just the lowlands either, as a wind advisory remains in force for the Haleakala Crater summit on Maui, and the two near 14,000 foot peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. The winds are strong enough now in the Kohala area on the Big Island, that it has been added to the wind advisory locations. The latest computer forecast models indicate that these winds will remain on the blustery side through at least next Monday…finally starting to mellow out some starting around next Tuesday.
Satellite imagery shows that moisture pockets, or what we could consider showery clouds, will continue to bring passing showers to the windward sections on all the islands. As is often the case when the trade winds get this strong, showers ride in on them, falling along the north and east facing windward coasts and slopes. It appears that there will be a fairly steady stream of these passing showers arriving now through the weekend along those wind exposed areas. The smaller islands have low mountains dividing the windward and leeward sections, so that the blustery winds will likely carry a few showers over into those south and west facing coasts at times. The leeward beaches will be the sunniest areas, with more or less favorably inclined weather conditions prevailing.
It’s Friday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. The stiff winds noted above, aren’t going away anytime soon. They will be blowing in the 10-30 mph range generally, although those windiest areas will find wind speeds between 30-40 mph, with higher gusts to 50 or even a bit more than that in select spots. Late Friday afternoon there were wind gusts 56 mph reported at Kawaihae, a location on the Big Island! As I was saying yesterday, this level of strong trade winds isn’t all that unusual. There are many, many cases of trade winds this strong during the course of a normal year, so that no one has to get too nervous about this windy episode. I know that the memory of those very strong winds that we saw last week, during that big Kona storm, are still fresh in our minds. The current gusty winds won’t bring damaging winds though, as we can easily accomodate this kind of thing. ~~~ I’m just leaving Kihei, heading down to Wailea for the Pacific Disaster Center Christmas party, where I’m the senior weather analyst…my regular day job. There will be dinner and a few drinks, and then hopefully a bit of dancing at the restaurant where its happening. This function will be mostly outside, so that I’m hoping it won’t be too windy. I may get home quite late tonight, having to take the long drive back up the mountain to Kula, and may have to recouperate a little Saturday morning, at which point I’ll have your next weather narrative ready for the reading. ~~~ I hope you have a great Friday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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December 13-14 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Thursday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 78
Kahului, Maui – 79
Hilo, Hawaii – 78
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Friday morning:
Molokai airport – 78F
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 Friday morning:
1.20 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
1.57 SOUTH FORK KAUKONAHUA, OAHU
0.20 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.07 KAHOOLAWE
2.82 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
1.45 LAUPAHOEHOE, 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 – An unusually strong 1038 millibar high pressure system is located to the north of the Aloha state now. This high and its associated ridge system, will keep strong trade winds blowing today into Saturday. 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
Windy weather in the islands
photo credit: flickr.com
We’re into the heart of an blustery trade wind episode here in the islands now. These trades have triggered small craft advisories over all the coastal waters statewide, with an unusual gale warning flag now hoisted over the Alenuihaha Channel between Maui and the Big Island. These stronger than normal winds aren’t restricted to just the lowlands either, as a wind advisory remains in force for the Haleakala Crater summit on Maui, and the two near 14,000 foot peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. The latest computer forecast models point out that these winds will peak in strength through Saturday, and then becoming slightly lighter during the rest of the weekend…dropping down a little further as we move into next week.
These quick paced trade winds will carry showery clouds to the windward sides on occasion, with a few stray showers being carried over into the leeward sides on the smaller islands. As is often the case when the trade wind get this strong, showers ride in on them, falling in an off and on manner along the north and east facing north and east facing windward coasts and slopes. It appears that there will be a fairly steady stream of these passing showers arriving now through the weekend along those wind exposed areas. The smaller islands have lower mountains dividing the windward and leeward sections, so that the blustery winds will likely whip a few showers over into the south and west facing coasts at times there as well.
It’s Thursday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. The stiff winds noted above, have definitely got our attention now. They will be blowing in the 15-30 mph range generally, although those windiest areas will find wind speeds between 30-40 mph, with higher gusts to nearing 50 mph in a few select spots! Just to put a little context into the picture, last week we had a very blustery Kona storm here in the islands, with exceptionally strong winds, which topped out in the 50-73 mph range. This blustery trade wind event isn’t going to be like that, as for one thing the winds will be coming in from the more or less easterly direction, rather than the SW direction like we had last week. That Kona storm last week was something like a once in a 20 or 25 year storm, unusual in the strength of its winds. This trade wind episode happens much more frequently, many times a year, just to relax some nerves here in the islands…which are still a bit frazzled from the big storm last week. Strong trade winds are common here in Hawaii, nothing to get worried about, as in a manner of speaking…our Hawaiian Islands are set up to withstand blustery trade winds very well. There will be areas that are more sheltered from the wind flow, like areas in the lee of the mountains, which will have lighter winds than the big numbers described above. ~~~ It was a generally nice and sunny day here in the islands, although those occasional passing showers kept a bit of wettness around at times along the windward sides. The leeward sides were really quite sunny and warm, just the way all our local sun worshippers like it, not to mention all the folks here on vacation now! When I went to the beach today at lunch, the wind in Kihei wasn’t all that strong, and the sunshine was abundant. By the way, the beach parks in Kihei are now open again, after being closed for several days, while crews cleaned them up after the big storm last week. ~~~ I’ll be back very early Friday morning with your next new weather narrative from paradise. I hope you have a great Thursday night until then, wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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Tonight’s Geminid Meteor Shower: The Geminid meteor shower will be lighting up the night sky Thursday evening. According to the NASA Web site, there could be dozens of meteors per hour showering down to earth. At least one website is calling this the best meteor shower of 2007!
According to the Web site, when comets fly close to the sun, they evaporate, and the intense heat from the sun vaporizes the "dirty ice" in the comet. This results in high-speed jets of comet dust spewing into space. When pieces of this debris hit the Earth’s atmosphere, they disintegrate in a brilliant flash producing a meteor.
The first Geminid meteor showers occurred during the War Between the States in the early 1860s, according to the Web site. This meteor shower has been a regular one ever since, peaking every year in the middle of November.
According to NASA, the Geminid show will start about 10 p.m. tonight, but the best time to watch is between midnight until dawn on Friday. Looking to the west in the hours before dawn, the meteors will appear to be coming from the constellation Gemini.
Interesting – There already is enough carbon in Earth’s atmosphere to ensure that sea levels will rise several feet (meters) in coming decades and that summertime ice will vanish from the North Pole, scientists warned on Thursday. To mitigate global warming’s worst effects, including severe drought and flooding, people must not only cut current carbon emissions but also remove some carbon that has built up in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution, they said. "We’re a lot closer to climate tipping points than we thought we were," said James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. "If we are to have any chance in avoiding the points of no return, we’re going to have to make some changes." The small amount of warming that the Earth has experienced since the 1970s already has shrunk every glacier on the planet, scientists said this week at the 2007 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, where attention has focused on the unexpected acceleration of climate change. "If you see that even a small amount of warming has had a notable effect on the ice, it’s a good question what effect future warming will have," said Pennsylvania State University Professor Richard Alley. Record melting occurred in the North Pole this summer, when for the first time in recorded history, ships sailed across the Arctic Ocean on water once covered by the polar ice cap. "The only hope for a recovery is considerable and persistent atmospheric cooling, but with the warming trend so high, everything is working in concert towards a bluer or totally blue Arctic Ocean," said Josefino Comiso, a senior researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
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December 12-13 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 80
Honolulu, Oahu – 82
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 73
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Thursdday morning:
Lihue, Kauai – 76F
Hilo, Hawaii – 68
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:
1.00 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.40 SOUTH FORK KAUKONAHUA, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.69 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
2.51 WAIAKEA UKA, 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 1035 millibar high pressure system is located far NE of the Aloha state, with its associated ridge of high pressure extending SW to the north of Hawaii. This high and ridge will keep locally strong trade winds blowing today into 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
Gusty trade winds through Friday…then mellowing out a little
photo credit: flickr.com
We’ll be getting into a period of blustery trade winds, as we move through the rest of this week into the weekend. These trades will remain at or near the moderately strong levels for the moment. As we get into later Thursday and Friday, a strong 1038 millibar trade wind producing high pressure system will move into the area north of the islands. The strength of this high, along with its location, will bump our local trade wind speeds up into the strong and gusty realms. We will see widespread small craft wind advisories in most of the marine waters. The winds are already strong enough higher in the atmosphere, that the Haleakala Crater on Maui, and Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the Big Island…have active wind advisories posted.
These quickening trade winds will carry some showery clouds to the windward sides, with a few stray showers being carried over into the leeward sides on the smaller islands. At the moment, the overlying atmosphere is still unstable in the eastern end of the island chain, especially around the Big Island. This kept some locally heavy showers, and even a thunderstorm in the vicinity Wednesday. The only leeward area that will have showers yet though, would be the upper Kona slopes, where afternoon showers could occur. As the trough of low pressure, which is keeping the Big Island unstable, moves away…we’ll move back into a normal amount of passing shower activity everywhere.
It’s Wednesday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. As noted in the paragraphs above, increasingly strong trade winds will be the name of the game through the rest of this work week, although begin softening just a touch this weekend into next week. After we get rid of the more than ordinary amount of showers around the Big Island, the Aloha state should settle into a rather normal distribution of shower activty. Most of this precipitation will be focused along the windward coasts and slopes, with just a few spraying their way over the lower mountains on the smaller islands…into the leeward areas. The winds are going to be rather fresh, blowing in the 15-30 mph range generally, although those windiest areas will find wind speeds between 30-40 mph, with somewhat higher gusts in those typically windiest areas. This is nothing like what we saw last week, during the Kona storm, although is strong enough to have our coconut palm trees leaning over pretty far, along with having the surrounding ocean be all frothed-up with white caps! I’d say that there really isn’t anything to worry about though, as our islands are use to having trade winds of this magnitude. ~~~ It was a sunny day here in the state of Hawaii, that is unless you found yourself over on the eastern side of the Big Island, where the leftover showery clouds associated with a departing trough of low pressure, kept some areas there wet. Here on Maui it was a very nice sunny day along both the Lahaina, and the Kihei/Wailea coasts. The windward sides from Paia to Haiku and Paia had some incoming clouds with light showers, as did the upper west side around Napili and Kapalua. This time of year it’s so wonderful to have the warm sunshine beaming down during the days! ~~~ I’ll be back early Thursday morning with your next new weather narrative. I hope all you readers have a great Wednesday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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December 11-12 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 81
Honolulu, Oahu – 82
Kaneohe, Oahu – 80
Kahului, Maui – 81
Hilo, Hawaii – 77
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning:
Lihue, Kauai – 75F
Barking Sands, Kauai – 68
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:
0.89 HANALEI, KAUAI
0.30 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.01 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.30 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
3.14 MOUNTAIN VIEW, 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 1034 millibar high pressure system is located far NE of the Aloha state, with its associated ridge of high pressure extending SW to the north and NW of Hawaii. This high and ridge combo will keep moderate to locally strong trade winds blowing today into Thursday…then stronger Friday into the weekend. 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
On the beach in Hawaii…Kauai in this picture
photo credit: flickr.com
The trade winds have taken over the weather duties here in Hawaii, which will prevail through the rest of this week…into next week. These trades will remain at or near the moderately strong levels for the time being, which is pretty normal. Looking into the future however, as we get into the second half of the week, an unusually strong trade wind producing high pressure system will move into the area north of the islands. The strength of this high, along with its location, will kick our local trade wind speeds up into the strong and gusty realms. We will see widespread small craft wind advisories in most of the marine waters, with the outside chance of gale warnings in the Alenuihaha Channel between Maui and the Big Island, and Pailolo Channel between Maui and Molokai by Thursday or Friday.
The returning trade winds will carry showery clouds in our direction, although they will be restricted for the most part to the windward sides of the islands…especially on the Big Island. This locally wet trade wind flow will keep frequent showers passing along those north and east facing coasts and slopes into Wednesday. This satellite image shows these showers approaching the Big Island. The leeward sides in contrast, where most of the resorts are located, will be on the dry side of the islands now. The fact that the overlying atmosphere is still somewhat unstable in the eastern side of the islands, will keep the chance of a few locally heavy showers in the windward forecast there. The only leeward area that will have showers, would be the upper Kona slopes, where afternoon showers could occur…and may be locally heavy as well.
It’s Tuesday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. Reading down through the two paragraphs above, you may come away with the idea that our weather will be turning nasty again. That isn’t exactly the case, that is unless you live out in the country along the windward side of the Big Island. Those wettest areas are still a bit soaked from the recent rains brought into the state by last weeks Kona storm. Those areas have seen some nice drying over the last couple of days, which should continue in most areas. The increasing trade winds will drag showers into some of those areas however, although it doesn’t look like a prolonged condition by any means . As a matter of fact, drier weather is expected to arrive by Thursday, bringing us back into a fairly normal trade wind weather pattern…albeit with strong and gusty winds blowing through the rest of the week. ~~~ On the other hand, outside of those windward facing locations, the sun will be shining brightly, with warm air and ocean temperatures the rule. Those windward biased showers won’t be making it over into the south and west facing leeward beaches for the moment. As usual, the best time to hit the beach under these circumstances, will be the morning hours…before the afternoon breezes get too uppity. Speaking of hitting the beach, I went there this afternoon at lunch, and my normal beach park was closed in Kihei. I was surprised to see so much of the sand gone, having been swiped into the ocean by the rough ocean last week. There was still sand, although its extent, compared to before the storm, was considerably reduced. When I first got to the beach, it was windy with choppy water, although a little while later the wind had pulled further offshore, leaving smooth conditions again. ~~~ I hope you have a great Tuesday night, whether you’re spending it here in the islands, or someplace on the mainland, or wherever. I’ll be back early Wednesday morning with your next weather narrative from paradise. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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