Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennJanuary 4-5 2008
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Friday:
Lihue, Kauai – 78
Honolulu, Oahu – 80
Kaneohe, Oahu – 76
Kahului, Maui – 77
Hilo, Hawaii – 80
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 6 a.m. Saturday morning:
Lihue, Kauai – 74F
Hilo, Hawaii – 63
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:
0.30 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
1.44 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.16 MOLOKAI
0.22 LANAI
0.01 KAHOOLAWE
1.67 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.17 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 1025 millibar high pressure system is passing by to the north of the islands. Our local winds will be getting lighter now, as a deep low pressure system NW of the islands pushes the high’s ridge down closer to the islands…gradually turning our winds light and variable to southeast later Sunday 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.
On the beach in Hawaii
photo credit: flickr.com
Generally fair winter weather conditions will prevail through the middle of new week ahead. Iland skies will be quite sunny in most areas, especially along the resort filled leeward beaches. The windward sides will find partly to mostly cloudy conditions, although with a low and fairly strong inversion layer in place, whatever showers that do fall, will be on the light side of the precipitation spectrum for the most part. As the paragraph above notes, a cold front will pass down through the state just after the middle of the new week ahead, which could bring our next rainfall event then next Thursday into Friday.
It’s Friday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. The little tropical cool snap that we’ve had recently, with sea level locations rising only into the upper 70F’s during the days, will be ending now. The culprit has been the northeast orientation of our local winds, bringing in slightly cool air from the middle latitudes of the north central Pacific. Now that our winds are turning around to a more normal easterly direction, the air flow into the state will warm up a notch or two. This in turn will allow those warmer leeward beach areas to reach up into the lower to middle 80F’s during the afternoon hours. Helping this to happen will be the plentiful sunshine that will be beaming down from above as well. ~~~ I had plans to go to Mama’s Fish House after work this evening, although one of the folks in my party got sick…so I had to cancel my reservations. I was looking forward to that, although I’m sure it will happen soon. ~~~ Instead, I think I’ll go see the new film Juno, which is playing in our local theaters in Kahului now. Juno is a whip-smart teen confronting an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate Bleeker. With the help of her hot best friend Leah, Juno finds her unborn child a "perfect" set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, Mark and Vanessa, longing to adopt. Luckily, Juno has the total support of her parents as she faces some tough decisions, flirts with adulthood and ultimately figures out where she belongs. Here’s a trailer for this highly rated film. ~~~ I’ll be back early Saturday morning with your next new weather narrative from the paradise islands of Hawaii. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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