Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennApril 13-14 2008
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 80
Honolulu, Oahu – 84
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 81
Hilo, Hawaii – 82
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon:
Barking Sands, Kauai – 84F
Lihue, Kauai – 76
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:
0.35 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.18 KOOLAU RANGE, OAHU
0.17 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.03 KAHOOLAWE
1.46 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.18 KEALAKEKUA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map showing a 1045 millibar high pressure system is located far to the north of Hawaii Monday, with the weak tail-end of a cold front just north of the islands. The winds will remain locally strong and gusty from the trade wind direction…becoming a little lighter 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
Hula hooping at the beach
Photo Credit: flickr.com
The trade winds will remain locally strong and gusty through Monday. Weather charts show an exceptionally strong 1045 millibar high pressure system north of Hawaii now. This huge high pressure cell will keep our trade winds quite strong and gusty. Small craft wind advisories remain up in almost all of our coast waters. There are even gale warnings in the offshore waters Sunday evening. The computer forecast models suggest that these trade winds will remain active into the new week ahead…although becoming much lighter from the southeast by mid-week.
The blustery trade winds will carry passing showers onto our windward coasts and slopes. Weather maps show the tail-end of a cold front just to the north of Hawaii Sunday evening, more or less paralleling the windward sides of all the islands. Showers being carried in our direction by the trade winds, which will fall most often along the windward sides, although may be carried over into some leeward spots on the smaller islands. As the winds slow down later Tuesday into Wednesday, we see some increase in afternoon convective showers…along with more volcanic haze locally.
It’s Sunday evening as I begin updating this last section of today’s narrative. As described above, we’re going to be experiencing lots of trade winds now, although by later Tuesday and Wednesday, they will be quickly getting lighter. As the winds become lighter, they will veer around to the southeast, which will help to pull up more of that volcanic haze into some parts of the state. Meanwhile, a long lasting trough of low pressure to the west of the state, may send more high cirrus clouds our way as well…providing nice sunset and sunrise colors.
~~~ Sunday was a decent day, although the windward sides had off and on passing showers brought in by the gusty trade winds…in many case more on than off! This weather map, shows a rare 1045 millibar high pressure system for to the north of the islands. This high pressure cell is dominating the area from just west of the International Dateline, across all of the central north Pacific, on over into the east Pacific…on into the west coasta and Baja, California. It’s very unusual to see such a strong high pressure system, and if it weren’t for the frontal boundary just to our north, our local winds would be even more blustery than they already are. The windiest areas across the state Sunday afternoon had winds gusting well into the 30+ mph range, with Maalaea Bay on Maui, topping the 40 mph mark!
I’ll be back very early Monday morning with your next new weather narrative from paradise. I hope you enjoy your Sunday night until then, wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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