Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by Glenn
January 27-28 2008
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 75
Honolulu, Oahu – 80
Kaneohe, Oahu – 74
Kahului, Maui – 73
Hilo, Hawaii – 78
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 80
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Monday morning:
Honolulu, Oahu – 72F
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 Monday afternoon:
0.59 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
1.07 SOUTH FORK KAUKONAHUA, OAHU
0.13 MOLOKAI
0.01 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
2.38 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
1.83 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map. A relatively strong 1033 millibar high pressure system, located far to the north of the islands, will keep locally strong and gusty trade winds blowing for the time being. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those weather symbols mean on the map.
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.
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.
One of the many fresh water pools along the Hana highway, Maui
photo credit: flickr.com
These trade winds will carry showery clouds to the windward sides at times…which will be enhanced by colder than normal air aloft. The incoming clouds, with their associated showers, will be quite numerous and frequent, well into the new week ahead. These active showers will for the most part be restricted to the windward coasts and slopes. Although, with the trade winds blowing this strongly, there’s always the chance that a few of these windward biased showers will be blown over into the leeward sides…especially on the smaller islands.
It’s Sunday evening as I update this last paragraph of today’s narrative. As noted in the paragraphs above, the Hawaiian Islands will continue to see blustery trade winds, filled with showery clouds along the windward sides at times. Otherwise, our local weather will be fine, especially along the leeward sides…where sunshine will be in no short supply. ~~~ Last night I had dinner with a friend in Kahului, Maui, and went to see another new film called There will be Blood starring Daniel Day-Lewis. This film apparently is up for an Oscar nomination, and is getting excellent B+ – A- reviews. The film revolves around an epic tale of family, faith, power and oil set on the incendiary frontier of California’s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview, who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner, raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value–love, hope, community, belief, ambition and even the bond between father and son–is imperiled by corruption, deception and the flow of oil. Here’s the trailer for this film. It’s a long film, almost three hours in fact, and since it started late, I found myself being a little more tired than I would have preferred. The length of the film made it somewhat tedious for me, although that didn’t keep it from being an impressive piece of work. Here’s the trailer for this film. It included excellent performances, in which several of the main actors turned out to be at least somewhat crazy! I enjoyed the film, although not as much as what has turned out to be my favorite film of the recent past, which was No Country for Old Men. Neither one of these films were all that easy to watch, both were very intense, but very well done in so many ways. I must say that seeing new films is definitely one of my favorite things to do! ~~~ I hope you have a great Sunday evening wherever you happen to be spending it! I’ll be back with more weather news and details very early Monday morning. Aloha for now…Glenn.
Email Glenn James: 
