Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday: – Updates not available
77 Lihue, Kauai
82 Honolulu, Oahu
75 Molokai
87 Kahului, Maui
85 Kona, Hawaii
84 Hilo, Hawaii
Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level – and on the highest mountain tops around the state…as of 1030am Thursday morning: – Updates not available
Kahului, Maui – 84
Lihue, Kauai – 76
Haleakala Summit – 52 (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 36 (13,000+ feet on the Big Island)
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live web cam on the summit of near 13,800
foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. This web cam is 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. Here’s the Haleakala Crater webcam on Maui – if it’s working.
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. The 2012 hurricane season is over in the eastern and central Pacific…resuming on May 15th and June 1st 2013.
Aloha Paragraphs
Small Craft Advisory…parts of Maui County
and the Big Island
Nice trade wind weather pattern through Friday
The following numbers represent the most recent top wind gusts (mph), along with directions as of Thursday morning: – Updates not available
13 Poipu, Kauai – NE
23 Kahuku Trng, Oahu – ESE
25 Molokai – NE
30 Kahoolawe – E
24 Kahului, Maui – NE
29 Pali 2, Big Island – NE
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands as of Thursday morning: – Updates not available
0.67 Waiakoali, Kauai
5.54 Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
0.23 Molokai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.10 Kaupo Gap, Maui
0.39 Pahala, Big Island
We can use the following links to see what’s going on in our area of the north central Pacific Ocean. Here’s the latest NOAA satellite picture – the latest looping satellite image…and finally the latest looping radar image for the Hawaiian Islands.
~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~
Trade winds continuing through Friday…then slipping again this weekend for a few days. Here’s a weather chart showing a near 1025 millibar high pressure system, located far to the northeast of the islands, with a second somewhat weaker high pressure cell to the north-northeast. At the same time, a dissipating trough of low pressure is over Kauai as well. Our local winds are coming in from the trade wind direction. Despite these relatively swift trades, the leftover vog from the recent southeasterly flow across the islands…is hanging tight at the moment.
Satellite imagery shows scattered clouds over parts of the island chain, with a few showers…especially around the Big Island’s windward sides. We see scattered cumulus to the east of the islands, being carried this way on the returning trades. Here’s the looping radar image, showing a few showers over the ocean to the southwest of Kauai and Oahu. These minor showers will be migrating west away from the state, as the trades continue blowing them away Friday. Showers now, thanks to the trades, will impact the windward sides for the most part during the night hours…although they will be few and far between for Oahu and Kauai.
The computer models continue to show the trade winds backing off early this weekend, into the early part of the new week. This will be due to yet another late season cold front approaching the state from the northwest. There will be two main influences, the first being lighter winds from the southeast, and afternoon clouds with a few showers over and around the mountains. Those southeasterly winds will split in two parts around the Big Island, leaving much of the state in a wind shadow. These southeast breezes will also carry volcanic emissions (vog) up over the smaller islands.
As these winds become light, we’ll once again find ourselves in a convective weather pattern. This means that our mornings will dawn clear and somewhat cooler than they have been the last day or two. Clouds will form over the interior sections during the day…leading to localized showers in the afternoon hours. The cold front will likely come to a halt just before arriving on Kauai’s doorstep. Kauai will have the best chance of showers Sunday into Monday, with the rest of the state likely drier than normal for this time of year. The trade winds won’t be able to push back into the state again, until around next Tuesday or so. I’ll be back again early Friday morning with more updates on all of the above. I hope you have a great Thursday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
Here in Maui County [640pm HST]: The voggy skies are still evident over us this evening, and is definitely taking its time ventilating away…despite the breezy trade winds that are blowing across our area. I think part of the problem is that the trades are so easterly now, that they aren’t sweeping into the central valley enough…to scour out that persistent vog! Looking down towards the central valley, and across to the West Maui Mountains, I would call it moderately thick (the vog) this evening. There are dry looking clouds that formed overhead here on the south and west slopes of the Haleakala Crater. although they will clear up soon. Glancing over towards the windward sides before sunset, it’s still totally clear in contrast. It looks sunny along the south and west leeward facing beaches too. The trades were very active down at the Kahului airport today, reaching over 30 mph in gusts. Here in Kula, there was nothing more than light breezes, nothing more than that. Despite the fact that the full moon occurred around 9am this morning, it will still be majorly large again tonight, check it out! As for air temperatures, it’s a warm 70.5F degrees for this 3,100 foot elevation…at my place here in Kula, Maui.
World-wide tropical cyclone activity:
Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones
Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclones
Eastern Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
Central Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
Western Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
South Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
North and South Indian Oceans: There are no active tropical cyclones
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