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

80 – 64  Lihue, Kauai
78 – 65  Honolulu, Oahu
77 – 57  Molokai AP
81 – 61  Kahului, Maui
82 – 71  Kailua Kona
82 – 63  Hilo, Hawaii

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

6.08  Kokee, Kauai
3.35  Poamoho, Oahu
2.11  Molokai
0.55  Lanai
0.21  Kahoolawe
0.61  Ulupalakua, Maui
0.07  Keaumo, Big Island


The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph)…as of Tuesday evening:


29  Port Allen, Kauai
38  Kii, Oahu
29  Molokai
39  Lanai
28  Kahoolawe
36  Kapalua, Maui
33  PTA West, 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.



Aloha Paragraphs

 

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Cold front passing over Maui County…towards the Big Island tonight

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Cloudy and then clearing Wednesday into Thursday…especially
leeward sides


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Showers, some locally heavy…especially over Maui County, then
the Big Island tonight / yellow and red is heaviest rainfall



Gusty south to southeast winds ahead of a cold front, bringing
showers, with drier weather and cooler north winds in the wake
of the front Wednesday through Thursday / increasing showers,
some heavy with thunderstorms and gusty winds Friday into
Saturday…as another stronger cold front brings chilly weather
in its wake through Sunday

Small Craft Advisory…for locally strong winds and rough seas

High Wind Warning…Big Island summits 

Winter Weather Advisory…Big Island summits – Snow and
Freezing Rain through Thursday morning – webcam

 


~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~




Winds locally strong and gusty, from the south to southeast….then brisk and cooler from the north to northeast Wednesday into New Years Day. Here’s the latest weather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the North Pacific Ocean, along with a real-time wind profiler of the central Pacific. We find a high pressure system to the northwest of the state. At the same time, we have low pressure systems to the northwest and northeast of the state. As the winds were coming up from the southeast ahead of this cold front, they brought locally thick volcanic haze (vog) to some parts of the state. The northerly winds, in the wake of the front will ventilate this vog downstream of the islands by Wednesday morning. The winds will be strong from the south and southeast in association with the front…followed these cooler northerly breezes in the wake of the front into Thursday. We’ll see more gusty winds Friday into the weekend, as another stronger cold front arrives Friday into Saturday morning. Winds over the summits on both the Big Island and Maui will remain strong and gusty into Thursday…and potentially very strong again later Thursday into Saturday morning.

Showers tonight, especially over the eastern islands…thanks to a cold front pushing down through the state. Here’s the looping radar image showing showers moving through the state from west to east. This front will have localized heavy showers in some areas, as it moves down the island chain. It has passed through Kauai and Oahu…reaching Maui and the Big Island this evening into the night. It appears that New Year’s Eve and New Years Day will have very chilly northerly winds and generally dry conditions. A more significant cold front is forecast for the Friday-Saturday time frame, which should bring more significant precipitation…some of which may become heavy with a chance of localized strong thunderstorms. In addition, chilly northerly winds will funnel in behind this Friday-Saturday cold front, keeping a wintery edge in place. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above, I hope you have a great Tuesday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.


World-wide tropical cyclone activity:


>>> Atlantic Ocean: The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


Here’s a satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean

>>> Caribbean Sea: The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


>>> Gulf of Mexico: The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


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

>>> Eastern Pacific: The last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2014 North Pacific hurricane season…has occurred. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on May 15, 2015. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


Here’s a wide satellite image that covers the entire area between Mexico, out through the central Pacific…to the International Dateline.


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


>>> Central Pacific: The central north Pacific hurricane season has officially ended. Routine issuance of the tropical weather outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, special tropical weather outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.


Here’s a link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC)


>>> Northwest Pacific Ocean: Tropical depression 23W (Jangmi) is dissipating over the Sulu Sea. Here’s a 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: Tropical cyclone 04S (Kate) remains active…moving southwestward across the South Indian Ocean. Here’s a JTWC graphical track map…along with a NOAA satellite image.

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

 

Interesting:  Don’t put old electronic items in the trash! – Chances are, many Americans received shiny, new gadgets for the holidays — meaning their old electronics will either collect dust in a closet somewhere or get tossed out.


These unwanted laptops, tablets and printers contribute to the enormous amount of electronic waste, or “e-waste,” that continually piles up in our landfills. According to the EPA, 3.4 million tons of tech gear was trashed in 2012, and unfortunately, only 12.5 percent of e-waste is currently recycled.


Not only this an environmental nightmare, e-waste also negatively affects our health. As DoSomething.com states, “E-waste represents 2 percent of America’s trash in landfills, but it equals 70 percent of overall toxic waste. The extreme amount of lead in electronics alone causes damage in the central and peripheral nervous systems, the blood and the kidneys.”


Without a federal mandate on e-waste, it’s up to individual states to take the lead. One such state is New York.


To combat this growing health and environmental threat, starting on Jan. 1, it will be illegal for New York state residents to toss out electronics on the curb along with their regular trash. This law encompasses just about all the electronic equipment that New Yorkers commonly own, such as computers, DVD players and televisions (see the full list here). Under the new law, residents will have to properly recycle their gizmos or pay a $100 fine per violation. (The state has different regulations for other electronic items such as cell phones and rechargeable batteries.)


“Electronic equipment, which often contains lead, mercury and cadmium, now makes up the largest and fastest growing component of the hazardous materials entering the waste stream,” Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia tells NY1.