Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs

The trade winds will be a part of our Hawaiian Island weather picture through the Easter holiday. Our trade wind producing high pressure system is now well entrenched in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It will be far enough away to provide moderately strong trade winds across our latitudes of the north central Pacific. The winds remain light enough though, that the small craft advisory flags are not flying at the moment. The latest computer forecast guidance suggests that the trade winds will continue to blow through the next week…remaining more or less in the moderately strong realms.
 
The windward sides, and around the mountains of Hawaii, will see the most active showers. A trough of low pressure remains in the area north and northeast of Hawaii, which will add some degree of enhancement to whatever local showers that fall. At the same time, the daytime heating of the islands will cause afternoon clouds around the mountains, leading to some showers, especially on the Kona slopes of the Big Island. The leeward sides will be remain dry for the most part, although they could see an upslope afternoon shower Easter afternoon. 

It’s Saturday evening as I begin updating this last paragraph of today’s narrative. Our weather here in the islands is just fine on this Easter holiday weekend. The trade winds are blowing, as is often the case during the spring season. They aren’t blowing so fast that we have any wind advisories, but just fast enough to keep our local coconut palm trees leaning over pretty well in those most wind exposed areas. These trade winds are carrying some clouds our way, but nothing unusual about that. It looks to be a sunny Easter day on the leeward beaches, while the mountains will find rather thick clouds gathering again during the afternoon hours. All and all, there don’t seem to be any weather related problems at the moment. Looking into the future, this rather benign trade wind weather pattern will likely prevail through most of the new week ahead. ~~~ It’s Saturday evening here in Kula, Maui, which saw off and on cloudy periods during the afternoon hours. When the sun came poking out, it was warm as toast. The trade winds were reaching over here from the windward sides, adding a slight chill to the air in the shade. There were a couple of brief sprinkles, although looking over towards the windward side, over in Makawao and Haiku, it looks more showery. I think all the windward areas will find a few showers falling, which should stretch into the Easter holiday morning. Easter will be best, at least if you’re looking for a clear and dry morning, on the leeward sides of the islands. ~~~ I’m planning on staying home this evening, perhaps visiting with my neighbors some, listening to music, perhaps have a drink…with the fall back plan having me sitting on the couch reading. I wish there was a dance party to go to, which is always my favorite Saturday night activity, but alas, no such luck this weekend. I hope that you will be having fun Saturday night wherever you are spending it, and at the same time, here’s wishing you a most happy Easter day! Aloha for now…Glenn.

This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives!  And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above).   And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier!   Here’s the facts: