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

81  Lihue, Kauai
83  Honolulu, Oahu
84  Molokai
86  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 on Maui and the Big Island…as of 743pm Tuesday evening:

 

Kailua Kona – 80
Lihue, Kauai – 73


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


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Light southeast to south winds / Limited rainfall / Voggy –
increasing showers, some heavy on Kauai and Oahu
beginning later in the day Wednesday

Flash Flood Watch…Kauai County and Oahu – Wednesday
afternoon through Thursday morning





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

08  Port Allen, Kauai – SE
08  Waianae Harbor, Oahu – ESE
07  Molokai – SW
08  Lanai – NE
23  Kahoolawe – NE
10  Hana, Maui – SE 
20  South Point, Big Island – NE


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

0.14  Kokee, Kauai
0.03  Hakipuu Mauka, Oahu
0.00  Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.03  Kepuni, Maui
0.01  South Point, 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 ~~~



Our local winds will remain light from the south to southeast today, south to southwest Thursday, briefly north on Friday…then back to northeast trades by the weekend into early next week. The lighter breezes will be blowing from the south to southeast, which will bring us increasingly thick vog. The forecast then calls for Kona winds (south and southwest) Wednesday, ahead of a cold front later Thursday into Friday. The outlook calls for a brief period of slightly cooler north winds behind the front on Friday…veering back to the trade wind direction this coming weekend into the first day or two of next week. Here’s the latest weather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the Pacific Ocean.

There will be a few showers falling locally here and there…although most areas will remain dry through Wednesday morning. Satellite imagery shows lots of bright white clouds to the west through north of the islands, extending into the island chain now…most of which are high level cirrus clouds. Looking further to the northwest and west however…we see rainy looking clouds too. Here’s the looping radar image, showing just a few light showers falling over the ocean in places, especially to the south of the Big Island, along with some light to locally moderate showers offshore to the west of Kauai. The outlook calls for showers to arrive preceding a cold front Wednesday evening into Thursday morning, then the cold front itself pushes down through the state later Thursday into Friday.


Our local weather will remain on the quiet side tonight through most of Wednesday…then we can expect some changes into Friday. South to southeasterly breezes prevail tonight into mid-week. The atmosphere will remain drier than normal through Wednesday afternoon, although we may see a few light showers falling over the leeward slopes during the afternoon hours…and along the south and southeast coasts and slopes at night. As we get into the later Wednesday through Friday time frame, our atmosphere will become more unstable, as a cold front approaches from the northwest at the surface…and colder than normal air moves over the state aloft. This will increase the chance of localized showers, with a few potentially becoming heavy, along with the chance of a thunderstorm or two on the Kauai and Oahu end of the state. A cold front will ride down into the island chain late Thursday into Friday, with its associated showers, followed by a brief stint of slightly cooler north breezes. As the trade winds return by the weekend, we’ll see showers falling along the windward coasts and slopes, with generally fair weather along the leeward sides into the new week. I’ll be back early Wednesday morning with your next new weather narrative, I hope you have a great Tuesday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.



World-wide tropical cyclone activity:


Atlantic Ocean: Tropical storm Melissa remains active in the central Atlantic Ocean. Here’s the NHC graphical track map, along with a satellite image. Here’s what the hurricane models are showing for this system.


Here’s a satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean

Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones

Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclone

Here’s a satellite image of the Caribbean Sea…and the Gulf of Mexico.

Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center (NHC)

Eastern Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclone


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)


Western Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones


South Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones


North and South Indian Oceans: Tropical Cyclone 04B (Helen) remains active in the north Indian Ocean. Here’s the JTWC graphical track map, along with a satellite image.  


Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)


Interesting: Plug up the COAL; keep it in the ground! Christiana Figueres, executive secretary UNFCCC, Speaks to the World Coal Association in Warsaw: invest in renewables and leave most of your coal underground. The path forward begins in the past, recognizing that coal played a key role in the history of our economic development. From heating to transportation to the provision of electricity, coal has undoubtedly enabled much of our progress over the last 200 years.


Coal was at the heart of the developed world’s Industrial Revolution and brought affordable energy to parts of the developing world. However, while society has benefitted from coal-fuelled development, we now know there is an unacceptably high cost to human and environmental health.


The science is clear. The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report outlines our predicament. We are at unprecedented GHG concentrations in the atmosphere; our carbon budget is half spent. If we continue to meet energy needs as we have in the past, we will overshoot the internationally agreed goal to limit warming to less than two degree Celsius.


AR5 is not science fiction; it is science fact.


AR5 is the overwhelming consensus of 200 lead authors synthesizing the work of 600 scientists who analysed 9000 peer-reviewed publications. AR5 is arguably the most rigorous scientific report ever written. The findings of the AR5 have been endorsed by 195 governments, including all of those in which you operate.


The science is a clarion call for the rapid transformation of the coal industry. We need to radically rethink coal’s place in our energy mix.


Development banks have stopped funding unabated coal. Commercial financial institutions are analysing the implications of unburnable carbon for their investment strategies. Pricing of GHG emissions is on the rise, evidenced by trading markets coming online around the globe. And, international policy is moving us toward a global low-emission economy.


All of this tells me that the coal industry faces a business continuation risk that you can no longer afford to ignore.


Like any other industry, you have a fiduciary responsibility to your workforce and your shareholders. Like any other industry, you are subject to the major political, economic and social shifts of our time. And by now it should be abundantly clear that further capital expenditures on coal can go ahead only if they are compatible with the two degree Celsius limit.


The coal industry has the opportunity to be part of the worldwide climate solution by responding proactively to the current paradigm shift.