Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs

The trade winds will keep blowing through the rest of this week, quickening their pace some by the weekend.  Weather maps show a 1033 millibar high pressure system to the northeast of Hawaii Wednesday evening. This high will be able to provide light to moderately strong trade winds across our tropical latitudes now. Those typically windiest areas will see gusty conditions, especially during the afternoon hours. We have no active small craft wind advisories, although as we move towards the upcoming weekend time frame, we may see them needed in some parts of the state. The trade winds will extend right on into next week.
 
Showers will be at a minimum now, with little change expected through the next several days.  What few showers that do pop up on our local radar screen, wil be those normal passing showers along the windward coasts and slopes. The night and early morning hours will have the greatest likelihood of these few occasions. The leeward sides will remain quite sunny and dry during the days. The Kona coast and slopes of the Big Island, may see some late afternoon, or early evening showers falling locally. There are no organized rain areas taking aim on our islands, no cold fronts either.

It’s Wednesday evening as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. As described in the two paragraphs above, we’ll have smooth sailing in the islands now, at least in terms of weather. In a nutshell, just more trade winds, lots of sunshine, and not too many showers. ~~~ Wednesday was a state holiday here in the islands, called Prince Kuhio Day. There was a major parade that took place in Honolulu, with marching bands, orchestra’s and color guards. It’s celebrated to honor the birthday of Hawaii’s second delegate to Congress. Prince Kuhio was born in Koloa, Kauai, in 1871. As such, I had the day off from doing the TV weather show, and from my regular day job at the Pacific Disaster Center in Kihei as well. ~~~ Wednesday started off clear as a bell in most areas, a really nice way to begin the holiday. As the day wore on, clouds gathered over and around the mountains, becoming quite dark and thick here in Kula, Maui. Those clouds let loose with a couple of minor showers late in the afternoon, although have already backed off around 5pm. It appears that Thursday, which is a back to work day for Hawaii’s residents, will be very similar to Wednesday. ~~~ I’ll be back very early Thursday morning with your next new weather narrative. I hope you have a great Wednesday night until then, wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Interesting3: A new study predicts water circulation in Lake Tahoe is being dramatically altered by global warming, threatening the lake’s delicate ecosystem and famed clear waters. The University of California, Davis study said one likely consequence is warmer lake temperatures that will mean fewer cold-water native fish and more invasive species — like carp, large-mouth bass and bluegill. "What we expect is that deep mixing of Lake Tahoe’s water layers will become less frequent, even nonexistent, depleting the bottom waters of oxygen,” said Geoffrey Schladow, director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center at U.S. Davis. Schladow, Associate Director John Reuter and postdoctoral researcher Goloka Sahoo presented the findings last week in Incline Village at a conference focusing on global warming and deep-water lakes. The changes, the study concluded, could turn Tahoe’s famed cobalt-blue waters to a murky green in about a decade. "A permanently stratified Lake Tahoe becomes just like any other lake or pond,” Schladow said. "It is no longer this unique, effervescent jewel, the finest example of nature’s grandeur.”  On average, water in Lake Tahoe — at 1,644 feet deep — mixes every four years, the researchers said.