Hawaiian Islands Weather details & Aloha Paragraphs / November 22-23, 2013

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

82  Lihue, Kauai
84  Honolulu, Oahu
M   Molokai
83  Kahului, Maui
85  Kona, Hawaii
85  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 843pm Friday evening:

Kailua Kona – 77
Port Allen, Kauai – 72

Haleakala Summit –   39 (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 32 (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

Slightly cooler northerly breezes…fine weather prevailing

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

25  Mana, Kauai – NW
24  Makua Range, Oahu – ENE
21  Molokai – NE
18  Lanai – NW
23  Kahoolawe – NNE
15  Hana, Maui – NW
24  Kaloko-Honokohau, Big Island – NW

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

0.16  Kilohana, Kauai
0.38  Hakipuu Mauka, Oahu
0.09  Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.06  Haiku, Maui
0.02  Honaunau, 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 be northerlies into Saturday, then swing around the compass to the northeast trade wind direction…prevailing through the first half of the new week ahead. Here’s the latest weather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the Pacific Ocean. Our local winds will be coming in from the north to northeast Saturday, before shifting to the northeast into the middle of the new week. Weather models suggest that the trades will turn back to the southeast or south…as a new cold front approaches the state around next Thursday or so.

Skies remain general clear statewide, with favorably inclined weather conditions expected well into the future. Satellite imagery shows just about totally clear skies, with just a few minor clouds around the edges. We can see the last bit of yesterday’s clouds still moving away to our east and northeast. Here’s the looping radar image, showing hardly any showers, and those few are associated with a minor cloud band moving down from the north. Favorably inclined weather conditions, although slightly cooler than it has been lately, will prevail into Saturday. As a matter of fact, typical trade wind weather conditions will continue through the next 4-5 days or so. Later in the new week we could see increasing showers, as the next cold front arrives on our doorstep around Thursday. I’ll be back early Saturday morning with your next new weather narrative from paradise. I hope you have a great Friday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Friday evening film: This time around I’ll be seeing a new film, just one among many that are looking pretty good to me now. This one is called Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi, among many others. The synopsis: Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama, by a crew of Somali pirates. It is – through director Paul Greengrass’s distinctive lens – simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama’s commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course, when Muse and his crew target Phillips’ unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control. ~~~ The critics are giving this film a double thumbs up rating across the board, so it will be exciting to sit through it. I’ll be sure to give you my own opinion early Saturday morning…here’s the trailer if you’re interested.

World-wide tropical cyclone activity:

Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones

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.