July 5-6 2008


Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Saturday: 

Lihue, Kauai – 83
Honolulu, Oahu – 89
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 91
Hilo, Hawaii – 86
Kailua-kona – 86

Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon:

Kahului, Maui – 88F  
Lihue, Kauai – 81

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:

3.98  Mount Waialaele, Kauai
0.70 Poamoho 2, Oahu
0.21 Molokai
0.00 Lanai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.67 West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.77 Kealakekua, Big Island

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map showing a 1025 millibar high pressure system located far to the northwest of the islands. This high pressure cell, along with its associated ridges, will keep our trade winds blowing. Look for lighter winds Sunday into Monday, with those windier areas finding somewhat stronger gusts. Here’s a link to the NOAA weather school.

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. 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 weather conditions.

Aloha Paragraphs


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Surfboard view of Maui…close to where I surfed today
Photo Credit: Flickr.com







The trade winds will remain steady, with minor fluctuations along the way in terms wind speeds through the next week. The latest weather map shows a 1024 millibar high pressure system located to the north-northwest of Hawaii Saturday evening. These trade winds will weaken some over the next couple of days, becoming generally light through Monday…and increase again thereafter.  

These trade winds will blow some showers onto our windward sides at times…mostly generously during the nights and early mornings.  During the next week or so, those windward sides will find off and on showers…with modest increases at times. The leeward sides in contrast, will generally remain dry, with just a few possible upcountry afternoon showers on Maui and the Big Island. There’s a chance that the remnant moisture from former tropical cyclone Boris, may bring an increase in clouds and windward showers to the islands around the middle of the new week.



~~~ Our weather here in the Hawaiian Islands will remain just fine through the remainder of this 4th of July holiday weekend. The trade winds will continue to bring their cooling relief from the early summer heat. The leeward sides of the islands in particular, will be great, with great sun tanning potentials along those sandy beaches. Daytime high temperatures will be rising well into the 80F’s, with those hottest areas reaching perhaps 90F degrees…or even a degree or two higher.

~~~ The windward sides, will find favorably inclinded weather too, although, as usual, there will be more wind blowing there. At the same time, that wind will help to carry clouds ashore, brought in from the ocean to our east. These clouds will spill a few showers at times, but nothing remarkable is expected. The windward slopes will find the heaviest rainfall, although again most areas will find light amounts…most leeward beaches remaining totally dry.

~~~ It’s early Saturday evening here in Kula, Maui. I got another nice surf session in Saturday morning. I was the first person to paddle out at the spot that I surfed, which was quite a treat. A friend joined me a short while later, and we had a chance to ride lots of waves before more people finally paddled out. Since I had got so much sun Friday, I decided to retreat upcountry right after surfing, and have stayed under the cloud cover. I had planned to drive over to Wailea to a party some friends were putting on, but once I got home, I just couldn’t get myself to take the long drive over there. So, here I am am, hunkered in for the rest of the day, enjoying the relaxing time to read, and have a good dinner of bbq’d organic chicken thighs, and a big fresh salad out of the garden. I have a pint of chocolate hazelnut ice cream, to which I may add some banana and fresh mango for dessert! If I start to listen to some fun music later, I may put a couple of new video’s here, until then, please enjoy the Hawaiian selections I have chosen. I’ll be back Sunday morning, perhaps not at the crack of dawn, or before, like I usually do, since it’s a day for me to sleep in a bit. I hope you have a great Saturday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Honolulu City Lights music video…Keola and Kapono Beamer

Somewhere over the Rainbow…Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (IZ)


Hula Dancing