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

81 – 65  Lihue, Kauai
81 – 67  Honolulu, Oahu
81 – 57  Molokai AP
84 – 62  Kahului, Maui
82 – 70  Kailua Kona
84 – 62  Hilo, Hawaii

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

0.01  Waialae, Kauai
0.01  Lualualei, Oahu
0.04  Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.08  Hana, Maui
0.30  Lower Kahuku, Big Island


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


12  Mana, Kauai – SE
12  Waianae Harbor, Oahu – SE
14  Molokai – ESE
09  Lanai – SSW
23  Kahoolawe – NE
14  Kaupo Gap, Maui – SE
22  Upolu AP, Big Island – ENE


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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Clear to partly cloudy across the state…a cold front
well offshore to the northwest

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Clear conditions over Kauai, Oahu…
some clouds over the Big Island and
Maui County – mostly the mountains
and windward sides


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A few showers to the south and southeast of the
Big Island…although mostly dry elsewhere



~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 
High Surf Warning…north and west shores of Kauai,
Oahu, Molokai, and north shore of Maui, west
shores of the Big Island

High Surf Advisory…west shores of Maui, Lanai and
Kahoolawe, and for south shores of Oahu

Small Craft Advisory…for all waters except Maalaea Bay


Light trade winds eastern islands, light and variable breezes Kauai and Oahu…quiet weather through mid-week. 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 high pressure systems to the northeast, with a ridge stretched back just north of the islands. At the same time, we have low pressure systems far to the north and northwest, with cold front to the northwest of the state. The volcanic haze (vog) is taking a short break across our area now, as the trades blow it away towards the west. Light and variable winds will settle in across the entire state by mid-week. This will bring the volcanic haze back around in many parts of the state. Thereafter, a cold front will approach the state, bringing gusty southwest winds later Thursday into Saturday. Typically, these kinds of cold fronts can usher in chilly weather for a day or two in their wake, followed by strong and gusty trade winds.

Rainfall will be generally absent over most of Kauai, Oahu…with a few light showers on the Big Island and Maui. Here’s the looping radar image showing very few showers across our area. Generally dry, pleasant weather conditions should prevail through the first half of this new week. There will be clear to partly cloudy mornings, giving way to cloudy conditions along the slopes during the afternoons. These upcountry clouds won’t be doing much shower producing however. We may see a few windward showers, although not many of those either. Pre-frontal showers will likely begin arriving along our leeward sides, brought by strengthening southwest kona winds beginning later Thursday or early Friday. The cold front is anticipated to arrive Friday into Saturday, bringing an area of showers with it…perhaps not as heavy as previously advertised by the models. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above, I hope you have a great Monday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Here in Kula, Maui:  It’s clear here on Maui again this morning. The light trade winds are helping to ventilate the vog away, and there’s hardly any around for a change. The air temperature bottomed-out at 48 degrees this morning. ~~~ It’s the middle of the afternoon now, under cloudy skies, light breezes, and an air temperature of 69.1 degrees. There’s a bit of volcanic haze that’s arrived this afternoon, its not terrible, although considerably more than just this morning. I took another skateboarding excursion up the mountain today, and found it to be enjoyable…as always. I was standing by my car drinking tea, between skateboarding runs, and a biker came along…and stopped for a short talk. I have a BMW M3, an older model car, and he told me he had the 2010 version of the same car. He was biking up to the top of the Crater, starting out this morning from Spreckelsville, down near the beach. He was four hours into his ride, and would turn around at the top, and whiz down as fast as he could. He lives in Perth, Australia, so he was a long ways from home! ~~~ The clouds now have closed in over Kula, foggy and cool conditions exist near the sunset hour. These clouds actually dropped a little moisture, the first light shower that I’ve seen in weeks! I’m quite sure that these clouds will fade away tonight, setting the stage for yet another clear and cool morning on Tuesday. Now at 815pm, the air temperature has dropped to 55.9 degrees…perhaps easing down into the upper 40’s again by early Tuesday morning.


~~~ Here’s an interesting youtube video…called How Whales Change Climate


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:  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)

 

Interesting:  Global wheat yields threatened by warming with serious consequences – Just one degree of global warming could cut wheat yields by 42 million tons worldwide, around 6% of the crop, writes Paul Brown – causing devastating shortages of this staple food.


Market shortages would cause price rises. Many developing countries, and the hungry poor within them, would not be able to afford wheat or bread.


Climate change threatens dramatic price fluctuations in the price of wheat and potential civil unrest because yields of one of the world’s most important staple foods are badly affected by temperature rise.


An international consortium of scientists have been testing wheat crops in laboratory and field trials in many areas of the world in changing climate conditions and discovered that yields drop on average by 6% for every one degree Celsius rise in temperature.


This represents 42 million tons of wheat lost – about a quarter of the current global wheat trade – for every degree. This would create serious shortages and cause price hikes of the kind that have previously caused food riots in developing countries after only one bad harvest.