Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennFebruary 23-24 2008
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Saturday:
Lihue, Kauai – 81
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79
Kahului, Maui – 79
Hilo, Hawaii – 81
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 6 a.m. Saturday morning:
Kailua-kona – 68F
Kahului, Maui – 57
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 afternoon:
0.01 MOLOAA DAIRY, KAUAI
0.02 DILLINGHAM, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.00 MAUI
0.01 KAHUA RANCH, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map. A high pressure ridge extending west from a high pressure system northeast of Hawaii…is located over Maui County. This ridge will be pushed to the south and east ahead of a cold front later Sunday into Monday. Winds will become brisk south kona winds ahead of the cold front, turning cooler and from the north behind the front.
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.
We’ll find locally breezy south kona winds beginning to blow later Saturday into Sunday, ahead of an active Pacific cold front arriving later Sunday into Monday…followed by a brief period of cool north winds. The winds will return to the light and variable category again Tuesday through Thursday. The trade winds will finally return by Friday…lasting through next weekend. Trade winds often bring the good chance of occasional passing showers along the windward coasts and slopes…leaving the leeward sides mostly dry.
The exceptionally dry conditions will keep whatever few showers that happen to occur, to a bare minimum at best. A showery cold front, arriving later Sunday into Monday will finally break the long lasting dry spell. This frontal passage won’t bring too much heavy rain…with most of the showers falling over the windward sides of the islands. There may be a few showers spreading over to the leeward sides locally. Looking ahead into the new week ahead, there will be some form of afternoon convective showers over and around the mountains…with the good chance of more volcanic haze.
It’s Saturday evening as I begin updating this last paragraph of today’s narrative. This well advertised cold front, which will arrive later Sunday, will take until later Monday to travel down through the entire island chain. It will arrive over Kauai and Oahu Sunday, during the evening hours on Maui…and finally on Monday for the Big Island. Here’s a looping satellite image so you can keep an eye on this approaching weather feature. ~~~ I saw the new film called Vantage Point (2008), starring William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Sigourney Weaver, and Matthew Fox Friday evening after work. This film shows eight strangers, with eight different points of view, trying to unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. The critics aren’t in love with this film, giving it grades ranging between C and B. As usual, I was in the mood for getting back to the theater, sitting with all those strangers in the dark…getting moved into a totally different reality. As I almost always have to say here, this certainly isn’t the kind of film that many people would be drawn to, and even watching the trailer might be a bit too much! If you’re so inclined however, here’s the trailer for this dramatic thriller. I actually enjoyed the film quite a bit, and as usual, just got swept away with all the fast paced action. It was an intense piece of work, no doubt about that…which somehow appeals to me. ~~~ I got a call from the Kula Hardware store yesterday, telling me that an order I had made last year was finally in. I ordered a few plants called Cyclamens, which are great for growing indoors. I always like to have a nice house plant to nurture, it becomes like a new friend. I went down and picked them up during the afternoon, and was happy with both healthy plants. ~~~ Saturday started off in the most beautiful way, with clear skies, and just a bit of haze. The haze thickened during the day however, and so did the clouds that formed over and around the mountains. The atmosphere remained so dry though, that no rain fell anywhere. I’ll be back Sunday morning with your next 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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