Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennJanuary 1-2 2008
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 75
Honolulu, Oahu – 79
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 76
Hilo, Hawaii – 75
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 85
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning:
Lihue, Kauai– 72F
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 Wednesday morning:
3.44 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
3.15 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.26 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.01 KAHOOLAWE
0.51 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.81 HONOKAA, 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 – The main driver in our local winds continues to be a 1028 millibar high pressure system located to the NW. As this high slowly moves eastward, to the north of the Hawaiian Islands, our trade winds will remain near moderately strong proportions. 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.
Watching the waves roll in…on the north shore of Maui
photo credit: flickr.com
Happy New Year from Glenn!
A dissipating cold front, actually just a weak cloud band at this point, will carry some showers into the windward sides…leaving the leeward sides quite sunny during the days. The freshening NE trade winds will help to carry these showery clouds into the state, although now that the upper atmosphere is stabilizing, these showers will be less intense than recently. These showers will work their way down from Kauai to Oahu, perhaps making it as far as Maui Wednesday. The sun dimming high clouds are now restricted to the Big Island and parts of Maui, as this satellite image shows.
It’s Tuesday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. Welcome to the first day of 2008! Looking back, at least in my personal life, 2007 was a good year. The one thing that was the most difficult, was a shoulder injury that occurred last winter…while I was being wild and crazy on a skateboard! The world had its trouble spots too, although what year doesn’t? That’s the thing isn’t it? The news seems to highlight the bad things, often rather than the good things. I suppose we have to fill that in ourselves, things that we can institute personally, making a positive difference in our own individual interactions with the world. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish each of you a safe and fufilling new year, with good health, and a peaceful nature. ~~~ I met a friend last evening in Haiku, actually saw a few friends at this dance event. There were a lot of people there, dancing up a storm…which I enjoyed very much! At midnight, we all sat around in a large circle, and were quiet and reflective. It was a different way to ring in the New Year, while outside, around the nearby neighborhoods, there were the usual loud fireworks displays going off. ~~~ New Years day was a pretty good one here in Hawaii, characterized by the slow moving shearline cloud band, that made its presence known on Kauai and Oahu. Meanwhile, in the southern part of the state, over Maui and the Big Island, high clouds got in the way of our usual Hawaiian sunshine once again. We are moving into a fairly prolonged trade wind weather pattern, actually this is a super long ongoing pattern, which will stretch into next week. ~~~ I hope you have enjoyed this holiday wherever you happened to be spending it! I’ll be back very early Wednesday morning with your next new weather narrative. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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