Hawaiian Islands Weather details & Aloha Paragraphs / June 24-25, 2013

Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:

81  Lihue, Kauai
82  Honolulu, Oahu
82  Molokai
89  Kahului, Maui
87  Kona, Hawaii
83  Hilo, Hawaii

Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level – and on the highest mountain tops on Maui and the Big Island…as of 830pm Monday evening:

Kailua Kona – 79
Hana airport, Maui – 75

Haleakala Summit –  50 (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 43 (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

Summertime trade winds…with a few passing windward showers 

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

30  Port Allen, Kauai – NE
33  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu – NNE
29  Molokai – NE
30  Lanai – NE
31  Kahoolawe – ENE
33  Kahului, Maui – NE
29  PTA West, Big Island – NW

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

2.62  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
1.01  Pupukea Road, Oahu
0.25  Molokai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.00  Lanai
1.15  Puu Kukui, Maui
0.29  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 ~~~

Trade winds becoming slightly lighter as we move forward into the week. Here’s a weather chart showing a near 1029 millibar high pressure system located to the northwest of our islands, with an associated ridge of high pressure running east-southeastward…to the north of the islands. Our trade winds will remain active…although easing Tuesday onwards.

Trade wind weather pattern will prevail, with off and on windward showers, most notably over Oahu and Maui County to the Big Island…tonight into Tuesday morning. Satellite imagery shows an area of high and middle level clouds over parts of the state…with more to the west. These clouds should bring nice colors to our skies this evening at sunset. Here’s a larger satellite picture showing the extent of these upper cirrus. At lower levels, there’s patches of cumulus and stratocumulus clouds surrounding the islands. Here’s the looping radar image, showing a few showers passing by along our windward coasts and slopes, and over the offshore waters as well.

Looking a bit further ahead, an old cold front, called a shearline in the weather business…will drop down over the state by later Thursday into Friday.  This cloud band will reach Kauai and Oahu first, and then may be pushed down across the rest of the state into Saturday morning. This moisture will influence the windward coasts and slopes primarily. As we get into the heart of the upcoming weekend, our showers will back off to some degree, bringing favorably inclined trade wind weather conditions…into the first part of next week. I’ll be back with your next new weather narrative early Tuesday morning. I hope you have a great Monday night until then, Aloha for now…Glenn.