Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Thursday:
80 Lihue, Kauai
87 Honolulu, Oahu
83 Molokai
88 Kahului, Maui
86 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 810pm Thursday evening:
Kailua Kona – 80
Hana airport, Maui – 72
Haleakala Summit – 48 (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 37 (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
Gradually lighter trade winds into Friday, still a few windward showers,
modest afternoon upcountry showers leeward areas into the weekend
Happy 4th of July!
The following numbers represent the most recent top wind gusts (mph), along with directions as of Thursday evening:
18 Port Allen, Kauai – SE
24 Kuaokala, Oahu – N
20 Molokai – NE
12 Lanai – NE
22 Kahoolawe – NE
24 Kapalua, Maui – NE
22 Kealakomo, Big Island – ENE
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands as of Thursday evening:
0.30 Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.01 Hakipuu Mauka, Oahu
0.02 Molokai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.00 Lanai
0.06 Hana airport, Maui
0.15 Glenwopd, 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 ~~~
Lighter trades…then even lighter with daytime breezes Friday through Sunday. Here’s a weather chart showing a near 1027 millibar high pressure system located to the north-northwest. At the same time, we see a weak 1012 millibar low pressure system over the ocean to the northeast of the state, moving westward…with an associated comma shaped trough. Here’s a good satellite image showing this low pressure system to our northeast. Light to moderately strong trades will gradually give way to lighter breezes into the weekend, as this low pressure area migrates west. This lighter wind regime, with daytime sea breezes, will rebound into an active trade wind weather pattern by early in the new work week…becoming quite strong and gusty through mid-week.
Trade wind weather pattern will give way to a convective weather pattern soon. Satellite imagery shows just a few lower level clouds to the east, generally taking aim on Maui County and the Big Island at the time of this writing. At the same time, there’s brighter white high cirrus clouds over the ocean to our south and southwest, over the islands in places too. Here’s the looping radar image, showing just a few showers passing by over the offshore waters. The overlying atmosphere is stable, which will limit showers through the weekend. As our winds ease up over the next day or two, modest showers will fall locally, particularly along our leeward upcountry areas during the afternoon hours. Those clouds will clear overnight, with down slope land breezes, leading to slightly cooler than normal early morning temperatures through Sunday. I’ll be back with a few updates this evening, I hope you have a great Thursday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
World-wide tropical cyclone activity:
Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. DEVELOPMENT…IF ANY…WILL BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS THE TROUGH DRIFTS TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE…10 PERCENT…OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
ELSEWHERE, TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS
Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclones
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS
Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center (NHC)
Eastern Pacific: Tropical depression Dalila (04E) will continue to drop in strength quickly going forward. The present location is over the waters of the northeastern Pacific…located about 395 miles south of the southern tip of Baja California. Maximum sustained winds were 35 mph, with a movement towards the west at 07 mph. Here’s the NHC graphical track map, along with a satellite image. Here’s what the hurricane models are showing for this quickly weakening tropical depression. By the way, there is no threat to the Hawaiian Islands, despite it taking a more or less westward track away from the Mexican coast.
Newly formed Tropical storm Erick (05E) remains active over the warm ocean waters south of Mexico. It is located about 150 miles south-southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. Maximum sustained winds are 45 mph, with a movement towards the northwest at 12 mph. Here’s the NHC graphical track map…along with a satellite image. Here’s what the hurricane models are showing for TS 05E.
Elsewhere, 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 Sunday morning
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
Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)
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