Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennMarch 2-3 2008
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 81
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 80
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 80
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 5 a.m. Sunday morning:
Kailua-kona – 74F
Molokai airport – 58
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 afternoon:
0.02 MOLOAA DAIRY, KAUAI
0.02 MAKUA RANGE, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.01 KAHAKULOA, MAUI
0.09 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map. A high pressure ridge will be remain over Oahu Monday. Winds will remain light and variable over Kauai and Oahu, with light trade winds on the Big Island end of the state through Tuesday.
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.
An empty hammock waiting for you!
Our local winds will be light Sunday evening into Monday…light trade winds will return starting Tuesday. The Big Island end of the island chain could see a light easterly wind flow, while the Kauai side will find southeast breezes for the most part. Cold fronts moving by to the north of the state will keep a high pressure ridge over or close to the islands through Monday. As Tuesday arrives, the ridge will move a little north of Kauai, at which point we’ll see light trade winds push further into the state. There will be volcanic haze associated with this light wind weather pattern for the time being. The returning trade winds will gradually help to ventilate the haze away, with better visibilities finally.
High pressure ridging over the islands, will keep a low inversion layer in place…with dry weather the net result. Days will start off clear to partly cloudy, with daytime heating of the islands, aided by the onshore sea breezes, getting clouds forming over and around the mountains during the afternoons. These clouds won’t have much chance to drop showers though, and will clear up again during the night. Meanwhile, back down at sea level, days will remain quite sunny and dry, with some cloudy periods during the afternoons locally. When the trade winds return Tuesday, we will start to see a few limited showers along the windward sides.
It’s Sunday evening as I begin updating this last paragraph of today’s narrative. Sunday started off nicely, as did Saturday, and Friday, and Thursday…so on and so forth. This past week has been very similar from one day to the next, with the general theme being dry weather for the entire state. I see no significant change in this regard through the next week, with light precipitation prospects at best. For the time being, the few raindrops that do find their way to the ground, will land in the upcountry areas during the later afternoon hours. As the trade winds return Tuesday onward, the bias for those light showers will migrate over to the windward coasts and slopes. Thus, the current dry weather pattern, which has been with us for one week…will become two. ~~~ Looking down the mountain, from up here in Kula, Maui, all I see see is thick volcanic haze over the central valley. We got cloudy upcountry this afternoon, and there were a few sprinkles a few minutes ago, just after I washed my car and dried it off. It didn’t amount to much though, perhaps what we could classify as a trace. There are sun rays trying to filter through the clouds and haze, although the air visibilities are anything but perfect, far from it as a matter of fact! At sunset, the vog was so thick that I couldn’t see the West Maui Mountains from this vantage point, with the sun going down as a big red ball into the ocean! ~~~ The weekend went way too fast, much too fast indeed. I definitely could use one more day to recharge my batteries, before starting this new work week ahead. Oh well, that’s how it goes sometimes, although I did get quite a few things done. I’ll be back very early Monday morning with your next new weather narrative from paradise, I hope you have a great Sunday night until then! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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