Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs

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January 5-6 2008  

Air TemperaturesThe following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Saturday: 

Lihue, Kauai – 78
Honolulu, Oahu – 80 
Kaneohe, Oahu – 76
Kahului, Maui – 79
Hilo, Hawaii – 80  
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81

Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 5 a.m. Sunday morning:

Lihue, Kauai – 73F
Molokai airport – 61

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:

1.29 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
1.11 POAMOHO 2
, OAHU
0.02 MOLOKAI
0.02 LANAI
0.01 KAHOOLAWE
0.27 WEST WAILUAIKI,
MAUI
0.09 
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 1023 millibar high pressure system to the NE of Hawaii Sunday. 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…turning our winds light and variable to southeast 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.

Aloha Paragraphs

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This is what you see when you get up early here in
the Hawaiian Islands…sunrise waves breaking
photo credit: flickr.com
 

The trade winds will remain with us temporarily, gradually turning lighter Sunday…coming out of the southeast into Monday. The latest weather maps show a 1025 millibar high pressure system located to the northeast of the Hawaiian Islands Saturday evening. It’s trailing ridge of high pressure will soon drop down over the garden isle of Kauai. Our winds will go light and variable over Kauai, and southeast over the Big Island end of the state Sunday into Monday, remaining that way through most of the upcoming week. This will cause locally hazy conditions to develop…of a volcanic nature around parts of the Big Island and Maui. 

Our local weather will generally be just fine, with clear cool mornings giving way to cloudy afternoons over and around the mountains. Island skies will be quite sunny in most areas during the morning hours, especially along the resort filled leeward beaches. Those afternoon convective clouds won’t be dropping much rain however, as a low and fairly strong inversion layer remains in place. There may be some weather changes later in the new week ahead, although exactly how they will manifest is still uncertain at this time. I still don’t see any significant rainfall looming on our weather horizon at this time…stay tuned.

It’s Saturday evening here in the islands, as I begin updating this last paragraph of today’s narrative.  As mentioned in the two paragaphs above, we have pretty smooth sailing coming up through the next week or so…in terms of our weather here in Hawaii. The fact that we’ll have a high pressure ridge over the Kauai end of the state, will help keep our overlying atmosphere stable, which in turn limits the amount and coverage of any showers that might try to fall on us. At the same time, we’ll see warmer weather in general during the days, while the nights will actually be cooler. ~~~ Friday evening after work I went to see the new film Juno. 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. I found this film to be quite entertaining, and despite the fact that it was a little out of the league of films that I am usually drawn to, it worked, and turned out to be quite a smart piece of work! Here’s a trailer for this highly rated film. ~~~ I spent the better part of Saturday in Haiku, over on the windward side of east Maui. I had a haircut to get, and then visited with a friend who lives in northern California, and also has property here on Maui. It brought back memories of living in Haiku for 11 years of my life, which were mostly good ones. I stopped by Mana Foods in Paia for some shopping, and then again at the health food store in Makawao, on the way home to Kula. It’s cloudy up here at the 3,000+ foot elevation at sunset, and quite a bit cooler than down in the lowlands below. ~~~ I’ll be back Sunday morning with the next updated weather narrative. I hope you have a great Saturday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn. 

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