Air Temperatures – The following high temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday…along with the low temperatures Thursday:

85 – 72  Lihue, Kauai
91 – 76  Honolulu, Oahu
89 – 76  Molokai AP
89 – 75  Kahului AP, Maui
86 – 72  Kailua Kona
85 – 72  Hilo AP, Hawaii

Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands Thursday morning:

0.07  Kilohana, Kauai
0.15  Poamoho RG 1, Oahu
0.00  Molokai
0.00  Lanai
 0.00  Kahoolawe
0.36  West Wailuaiki, Maui
2.79  Wiakea Experiment Stn, Big Island

The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph) Thursday morning:

12  Poipu, Kauai
29  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
18  Molokai
21  Lanai
15  Kahoolawe
20  Maalaea Bay, Maui
14  South Point, Big Island

Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of our tallest mountain Mauna Kea (nearly 13,800 feet high) on the Big Island of Hawaii. Here’s the webcam for the 10,000+ feet high Haleakala Crater on Maui. These webcams are available during the daylight hours here in the islands, and at night whenever there’s a big moon shining down. Also, at night you will be able to see the stars, and the sunrise and sunset too…depending upon weather conditions.


Aloha Paragraphs


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   Tropical Storm 14E (Lane) remains active in the eastern Pacific (click images to enlarge)

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We’ll need to keep a close eye on what may still be a major hurricane…as it gets closer to Hawaii next week

 

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Former tropical cyclone Kristy approaching from the east

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Partly to mostly cloudy…some clear areas

 

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A mix of high levels clouds coming in from the west…and lower clouds arriving on the trades from the east

 

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Showers locally and offshore
 Looping image

 

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

Broad Brush Overview: A high pressure system far northeast of the islands will remain in place through early next week. Tropical moisture will move from east to west across the state through the weekend. Drier air will move over the islands Monday in its wake. Meanwhile. tropical Storm Lane will strengthen to a hurricane and move into the central Pacific Saturday…although it’s too soon to know if Lane will directly affect the Hawaiian Islands.

Details: The high to our northeast will move northeast slowly through early next week. This distant high will maintain light to moderate trade winds over the islands. An area of moist air associated with a trough in the lower atmosphere has been moving west across the islands. A trough higher in the atmosphere northwest of the islands is making the atmosphere somewhat unstable. The combination of moisture and instability will keep showers active for the next few days.

Since trade winds will continue, showers will be focused over windward areas, although clouds will build enough to spill over to some leeward areas. Thunderstorms will be possible over the Big Island during the afternoons and evenings. A new area of tropical moisture will spread over the islands during the weekend and enhance showers even more.

Looking Ahead: Tropical Storm Lane, now far southeast of the islands, is forecast to strengthen to a major hurricane and move into the central Pacific over the weekend. An indirect impact from Lane is possible early next week, as drier air from subsidence ahead of the hurricane spreads over the islands Monday. Precipitation is highly uncertain next week…as it depends on how close the system gets to the state.

Here’s a near real-time Wind Profile of the Pacific Ocean – along with a Closer View of the islands / Here’s the latest Weather Map / Here’s the latest Vog Forecast Animation / Here’s the Vog Information website

Marine Environmental Conditions: Light to moderate trade winds are expected to continue through the weekend. Winds are expected to remain below Small Craft Advisory levels, with an increase in winds possible early next week. Shower activity is expected to increase this weekend, particularly over the windward waters as tropical moisture moves in from the east.

No significant swells are expected over the next several days, so expect surf to remain small on all shores. A small south swell is expected to arrive, peak Friday and hold through Saturday…at heights below the summer average. Tropical Cyclone Lane may bring an easterly swell to the coastal waters as early as Monday of next week.



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Credit…Anthi Skarmouthsou



World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity

 

Here’s the latest Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) Weather Wall Presentation covering Subtropical Cyclone 05L (Ernesto) in the Atlantic Ocean

Here’s the latest Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) Weather Wall Presentation covering the Pacific and Indian Oceans, including retiring Tropical Cyclone 19W (Leepi), Tropical Cyclone 20W (Bebinca), Tropical Cyclone 21W (Rumbia), Tropical Cyclone 22W (Soulik) and Tropical Cyclone 14E (Lane)


>>> Atlantic Ocean: 

Subtropical Storm 05L (Ernesto)

Here’s what the computer models are showing

According to the NHC…The storm is moving toward the north-northeast near 13 mph. A significantly faster northeastward motion is expected during the next couple of days. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next couple of days. Ernesto is expected to become a post-tropical cyclone tonight or early Friday, and merge with a frontal zone near Ireland and the United Kingdom on Saturday. Winds of 40 mph extend outward up to 160 miles from the center.

>>> Caribbean Sea: No active tropical cyclones

>>> Gulf of Mexico: No active tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.

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: 

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Tropical Storm 14E (Lane) will be strengthening into a major hurricane…as it crosses over into the central Pacific Saturday

Here’s what the computer models are showing

According to the NHC…Lane is moving toward the west near 12 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue during the next day or two. A slight turn toward the west-northwest is expected by the weekend. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph with higher gusts. Steady strengthening is expected, and Lane is forecast to become a hurricane later today, and a major hurricane by Saturday. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles from the center.

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


>>> Central Pacific: No active tropical cyclone

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

>>> Northwest Pacific Ocean:

Tropical Cyclone 19W (Leepi) – Final Warning


Tropical Cyclone 21W (Rumbia)


Tropical Cyclone 22W (Soulik)


>>> South Pacific Ocean: No active tropical cyclones

>>> North and South Indian Oceans / Arabian Sea: No active tropical cyclones


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

 

Interesting: Brainy Crows Trained to Pick Up Trash at Theme Park – A team of trained birds will really clean up at a French theme park, where they will collect and discard cigarette butts and other bits of trash.

Six rooks — a type of bird in the crow family, native to Europe and parts of Scandinavia and Asia — are expected to get to work this week picking up litter at Puy du Fou, a park that features period villages and gardens, as well as historic re-enactments, performances and events, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

The avian trash collectors were raised in captivity and trained by Christophe Gaborit, a falconer and project manager with the park’s Academy of Falconry, so you might say that the birds got their job through crow-nyism.

Gaborit was inspired to recruit the rooks (Corvus frugilegus) by something he saw 20 years ago: a group of wild ravens sifting through natural litter in a field, Puy du Fou representatives wrote in a blog post. If corvids — the family that includes crows, ravens and rooks — were already inclined to sort materials in their habitat, perhaps they could be trained to identify and discard litter left behind by humans, Gaborit explained in the post.

He raised and trained his first pair of trash-collecting rooks in 2000, with a little help from a special cabinet — when the birds deposited trash in the drawer, a second compartment would be opened to reward them with a tasty treat, according to the blog post. Repeating this action led the rooks to associate rubbish removal with food, though they would sometimes try to trick their trainer by dropping bits of wood in the box, Gaborit said.

While a winged cleanup crew may not be the most efficient method for keeping a large park litter-free, the sight of the busy rooks will hopefully teach visitors to be more careful about where they dispose of their trash, according to the blog.