Hawaiian Islands Weather details & Aloha Paragraphs / June 2-3, 2013

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

84  Lihue, Kauai
84  Honolulu, Oahu
82  Molokai
86  Kahului, Maui
86  Kona, Hawaii
80  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 730pm Sunday evening:

Kailua Kona – 81
Hilo, Maui – 76

Haleakala Summit –   M  (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 34 (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.

Aloha Paragraphs

Small Craft Wind Advisory…coastal and channel waters around
Maui and the Big Island

Wind Advisory…Haleakala summit on Maui,  leeward Kohala on
the Big Island, and the small island of Kahoolawe – High Wind Warning…
on the Big Island summits

Locally strong and gusty trade winds, generally dry weather prevails…
other than windward showers

The following numbers represent the most recent top wind gusts (mph), along with directions as of Sunday evening:

22  Poipu, Kauai – NE
39  Kuaokala, Oahu – NE
33  Molokai – NE
39  Kahoolawe – NE
39  Kapalua, Maui – NE
42  PTA Range 17, Big Island – SE

Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands as of Sunday evening:

1.65  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
1.02  Manoa Lyon Arboretum, Oahu
0.19  Molokai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.73  Puu Kukui, Maui
1.30  Kawainui Stream, 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 ~~~

Strong and gusty trade winds into Monday…then gradually easing up some later Tuesday into mid-week. Here’s a weather chart showing a near 1032 millibar high pressure system located well to the northeast of our islands. This high pressure system will keep our trades blowing over the islands. There were gusts to 45 mph this morning, with 42 mph gusts in those windiest locations during the afternoon today. These trades will prevail through the first half of the new week ahead…at least.

A fairly typical trade wind weather pattern, albeit on the windy side…remaining relatively dry through the first half of the new week. Satellite imagery shows stable looking low clouds being carried along in the trade wind flow, arriving along our windward sides. Those brighter white high cirrus clouds remain generally to the south of the state…although are clipping the Big Island. Here’s the looping radar image, showing just a few light showers pushing through the state locally, along the windward sides. The leeward sides should remain mostly dry statewide, with more good weather gracing those south and west facing beaches Monday. The main thing through Monday will be the gusty trade winds, and fairly dry weather conditions, other than the usual windward showers at times.

Here at my Kula weather tower on Maui, it was clear to partly cloudy…the air temperature was 78.6F degrees – at 645pm this evening. Here’s wishing you a good night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn

Friday evening film: This time I saw a film with some of my favorite actors in it, and an actress who I like as well. This film, called The Place Beyond the Pines, stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, and Ray Liotta…among others. The synopsis: the daring new movie from the director of Blue Valentine, is a sweeping emotional drama powerfully exploring the unbreakable bond between fathers and sons.

Luke (Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling) is a high-wire motorcycle stunt performer who travels with the carnival from town to town. While passing through Schenectady in upstate New York, he tries to reconnect with a former lover, Romina (Eva Mendes), only to learn that she has given birth to their son Jason in his absence. Luke decides to give up life on the road to try and provide for his newfound family by taking a job as a car mechanic. Noticing Luke’s ambition and talents, his employer Robin (Ben Mendelsohn) proposes to partner with Luke in a string of spectacular bank robberies – which will place Luke on the radar of ambitious rookie cop Avery Cross (Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper).

Avery, who has to navigate a local police department ruled by the menacing and corrupt detective Deluca (Ray Liotta), is also struggling to balance his professional life with his family life, which includes his wife Jennifer (Rose Byrne) and their infant son AJ. The consequences of Avery’s confrontation with Luke will reverberate into the next generation. It is then that the two sons, Jason (Dane DeHaan) and AJ (Emory Cohen), must face their fateful, shared legacy.

I see that the movie rating website rotten tomatoes is giving this film a pretty high 82% rating, while the yahoo rating was coming in at 3 stars out of 5. The viewers reviews are generally good, although some folks were complaining about how long it was, which is 2 hours and 20 minutes. It was actually a long film, although I didn’t find that to be a problem. There was sort a roller coaster effect in this film, first slow as can be, and then the tension rose, and fell again thereafter. The folks that I was with liked the film alright, myself included, although it wasn’t one that I could honestly say to you, “don’t miss this one under any circumstance.” It hit the mark enough to be a good film, but it wasn’t one of my favorites, and in that way I was a little disappointed. As for a grade, lets go with a strong B, as it had a good strong story line in my book, that certainly kept my attention. Just in case you have some interest, here’s the trailer.

World-wide tropical cyclone activity:

Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones / Here’s a link to the National Hurricane Center in Miami…which covers tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea…and the Gulf of Mexico.

WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS…ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA…HAVE CHANGED LITTLE IN ORGANIZATION DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR DUE TO MARGINALLY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE…20 PERCENT…OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT DRIFTS GENERALLY NORTHWARD. Here’s a satellite image showing this tropical disturbance

ELSEWHERE, TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclones 

Eastern Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours

Here’s a wide satellite image that covers the entire area between Mexico, out through the central Pacific…to the International Dateline.

Central Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones / Here’s a link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC)…covering our central Pacific.

No Tropical cyclones are expected through Tuesday afternoon

Western Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones / Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), which covers tropical cyclone activity in the western Pacific, and the North and South Indian Ocean…and adjacent Seas.

South Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones

North and South Indian Oceans: There are no active tropical cyclones