Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 85
Honolulu airport, Oahu – 87 (record for Sunday – 92 in 1997, 2003)
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Molokai airport – 85
Kahului airport, Maui – 86
Kona airport 85
Hilo airport, Hawaii – 79
Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level – and on the highest mountain tops…as of 8pm Sunday evening:
Barking Sands, Kauai – 82
Hilo, Hawaii – 71
Haleakala Crater – 50 (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 43 (over 13,500 feet on the Big Island)
Here are the 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands as of Sunday evening:
0.44 Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.03 Kamehame, Oahu
0.00 Molokai
0.00 Lanai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.11 West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.97 Kawainui Stream, Big Island
Marine Winds – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map showing near 1030 millibar high pressure systems to the north-northeast and to the northwest of our islands. Our local trade winds will remain active 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 this Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around 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. Finally, here's a Looping IR satellite image, making viewable the clouds around the islands 24 hours a day. 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 web cam on the summit of near 13,500 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 web cams are available during the daylight hours here in the islands…and when there’s a big moon shining down during the night at times. Plus, during the nights you will be able to see stars, and the sunrise and sunset too…depending upon weather conditions.
Tropical Cyclone activity in the eastern and central Pacific – Here’s the latest weather information coming out of the National Hurricane Center, covering the eastern north Pacific. You can find the latest tropical cyclone information for the central north Pacific (where Hawaii is located) by clicking on this link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. A satellite image, which shows the entire ocean area between Hawaii and the Mexican coast…can be found here. Here's a tropical cyclone tracking map for the eastern and central Pacific.
Aloha Paragraphs
Good weather…continuing into the new week ahead
The trade winds will remain active through this weekend and beyond. Glancing at this weather map, we find two 1030 millibar high pressure systems, one to our north…and the other far to the northwest.
Our trade winds will remain active…the following numbers represent the strongest gusts (mph), along with directions Sunday evening:
31 Port Allen, Kauai – NE
24 Honolulu, Oahu – NE
27 Molokai – NE
20 Kahoolawe – NE
25 Kahului, Maui – NE
20 Lanai – NE
27 Upolu Point – NE
We can use the following links to see what’s going on in our area of the north central Pacific Ocean Sunday night. Looking at this NOAA satellite picture we find low level clouds impacting the windward side of the Big Island…along with a few higher level clouds to the northeast. We can use this looping satellite image to see lower level clouds being carried along in the low level wind flow. There are considerable high clouds well offshore to our west and southwest. Checking out this looping radar image we see just a few showers being carried along in the wind flow…hardly any.
Sunset Commentary: Sunday was a great day weatherwise, and noticeably drier than what we’ve been experiencing recently. As the trade winds remain in the moderately strong category, we’ll see our normal few passing showers along the windward sides. Look for drier weather through the first half of the new week, with increasingly strong trade winds arriving by Wednesday onwards. There are no marine advisories at the moment, and likely won't be until around mid-week…when small craft wind advisories go up then.
This past Friday evening I went to Kahului after work to see a new film. This was the new Harry Potter film called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint…among all the many others. Harry, Ron, and Hermione return to Hogwarts for the epic battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world. Since I saw all the others, it seemed to make sense to see this one too. This film has been getting great reviews, averaging a high A- grade. I've been bidding my time to see this one, as I didn't want the crowd to be too large. I ended up liking it quite a bit, as it was very engaging, as the whole series has been. If you're a Harry Potter fan, than I could certainly recommend seeing it. Here's a trailer for this film by the way, just in case you're curious about it.
Here in Kula, Maui, at around 5pm HST Sunday evening, skies were clear to partly cloudy. The air temperature was a warm 77.2F degrees. Today was just a typical mid summer day, which was fitting for this last day of July. I don't see any big changes through the next couple of days, other than the new south swell that will be gracing our south and west facing beaches. This surf won't be large enough to trigger a high surf advisory however. Tuesday will drop just a little, before a second south swell arrives Wednesday, last through Friday. Otherwise, the trade winds will strengthen by Wednesday, and likely become quite strong and gusty through Friday. ~~~ I stayed home today and did quite a bit of reading. I just finished a nice book called Encore Provence…New Adventures in the South of France, written by Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence. I started a new novel, this one a completely different one, called A Reliable Wife, written by Robert Goolrick, author of The end of the World as we know it. This one is being called intoxicating, stunning,astonishing and complex. We'll see how this one turns out, and I'll let you know what I think at the end. ~~~ I just made a nice pasta sauce, using organic onion, eggplant, and mushrooms. I put in parsley from the garden, along with basil and two peppers. I'll cook pasta each evening this coming work week, add my heated sauce, and grate some Pecorino Romano cheese on top. This evening for dinner I'll lightly cook two pieces fish that I have, one fresh caught wild Ono, and the other Ahi Tuna. I have a nice head of organic broccoli that I'll steam up, and plate all that together for a lovely meal. ~~~ Ok, that's it for this sunset commentary, I hope you had a good weekend too. I'll catch up with you early Monday morning, at which point I'll have your next new weather narrative ready for the reading. I hope you have a great Sunday night until then! Aloha for now…Glenn.
Extra: Fun loving dog video…thanks to youtube
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