Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday:
84 Lihue, Kauai
88 Honolulu, Oahu
84 Molokai
88 Kahului, Maui
87 Kona, Hawaii
84 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 743pm Wednesday evening:
Kailua Kona – 81
Hana airport, Maui – 72
Haleakala Summit – 46 (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 41 (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 around Maui and the Big Island
Trades continuing…increasing this weekend
Just a few passing showers…increasing
this weekend
Good sunset this evening…locally
The following numbers represent the most recent top wind gusts (mph), along with directions as of Wednesday evening:
21 Port Allen, Kauai – ENE
36 Kuaokala, Oahu – N
25 Molokai – NE
32 Lanai – NE
30 Kahoolawe – E
30 Kahului, Maui – NE
27 Kealakomo, Big Island – E
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands as of Wednesday evening:
0.04 Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.03 Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
0.00 Molokai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.00 Lanai
0.01 Hana airport, Maui
0.29 Hilo airport, 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 ~~~
Little change in the strength or direction of our local trade winds through Friday…then stronger during the weekend. Here’s a weather chart showing two near 1023 millibar high pressure systems located to the northeast of the islands. At the same time there are areas of low pressure system located to southwest, south, and southeast of the islands…including hurricane Henrietta. Look for moderately strong trades, with stronger gusts at times locally.
Just a few showers through Friday…with windward showers increasing during the weekend. Satellite imagery shows high cirrus clouds offshore to our southwest, being carried over the islands locally. Meanwhile, there are just patchy low clouds being carried our way on the trades. Here’s the looping radar image, showing just a few scattered showers in our vicinity. The models are showing fairly minor amounts of showers over the next few days…then more showers this weekend. These showers will be associated with the leftover moisture from now retired post-tropical Gil and tropical cyclone Henrietta. At the same time, our atmosphere will become rather muggy, as the northern fringe of what’s left of these tropical systems move by to our south. Looking beyond this increasing windward shower activity, as we push into early next week, drier trade wind weather will return. I’ll be back early Thursday morning with your next new weather narrative from paradise. I hope you have a great Wednesday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
World-wide tropical cyclone activity:
Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS
Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones
CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS HAVE CONTINUED IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE UNFAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE…10 PERCENT…OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS…AND A LOW CHANCE…10 PERCENT…OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.
ELSEWHERE…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 cyclone Henriette remains active, here’s a graphical track map, along with a satellite image – looping view. Here’s what the hurricane models are showing
AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO IS MOVING WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DISTURBANCE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE…20 PERCENT…OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND A MEDIUM CHANCE…50 PERCENT…OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS.
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.
Western Pacific Ocean: Tropical depression 10W (Mangkhut) is dissipating over Vietnam, located approximately 77 NM south-southwest of Hanoi, Vietnam. Here’s the JTWC graphical track map, along with a NOAA satellite image. – Final Warning
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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