Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennFebruary 2-3 2008
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Saturday:
Lihue, Kauai – 74
Honolulu, Oahu – 80
Kaneohe, Oahu – 76
Kahului, Maui – 70
Hilo, Hawaii – 70
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 79
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 6 a.m. Sunday morning:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 73F
Barking Sands, Kauai – 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 Sunday morning:
5.38 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
4.51 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.39MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
5.28 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
11.82 WAIAKEA UKA, BIG ISLAND!
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map. A dynamic 1036 millibar high pressure system remains in the area north-northeast of the islands, which will keep moderate to locally strong and gusty trade winds blowing across our area for the time being…gradually getting lighter as we move into the new week ahead. 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.
Winter weather in the Hawaiian Islands this weekend!
photo credit: flickr.com
Incoming showers, carried by the trade winds, will keep the windward sides wet…with some showers spreading over to the leeward sides locally. These incoming showery clouds will be numerous…some of which will be heavy. Local showers will be more active than normal through the weekend, some of which will bring flooding…thus the statewide flash flood watch into Sunday. Looking further ahead, the latest computer models show more showers heading our way, especially on the windward sides on Maui and the Big Island.
It’s Saturday evening as I begin updating this last paragraph of today’s narrative. As noted in the two paragraphs above, its going to continue to be rather windy and locally wet…especially along the windward coasts and slopes of Maui and the Big Island. As we move into the new week ahead, we will see more showers arriving along the already wet windward sides. There is the chance of localized flooding, with thunderstorms now included in the forecast. ~~~ Saturday was definitely one of the cloudier and wet days of the year, short year that its been so far. This isn’t totally unexpected though, as often La Nina years bring wetter than normal weather to the Hawaiian Islands. This has been an unusually wet period however, as the just under 20.00 inches of rain, during the last 24 hours, that has fallen along the wettest areas on the windward side of the Big Island shows! ~~~ I want to keep this looping radar image active, which shows the considerable amount of showers being carried in over the windward sides of the islands now. For added perspective, here’s an IR satellite image, showing all the clouds congregating around the islands…which there is no lack! ~~~ It’s just around sunset here in Kula, Maui, as I get near the end of this long paragraph. The sun is poking through the long lasting overcast finally, which is shining brightly orange in my weather tower. At the moment, I’m listening to Erik Satie’s piano music, which somehow seems to fit nicely. I hope you have a great Saturday night, I’ll be back Sunday morning with more weather updates, I hope you have a great Saturday night until then! Aloha for now…Glenn.
The following weekend poem was written by a former poet laureate of the United States, Billy Collins. This poem was selected from his book called Questions About Angels….called Pie Man.
I am carrying my homemade pies down a cobblestone road
that winds through a hamlet, balancing one pie
on each palm, traversing a page of fair watercolors
Wives call to me from the frames of their cottage windows.
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