The latest update to this website was at 416pm Thursday (HST)

 

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

3.84  Waialae, Kauai
1.93  Dillingham, Oahu
0.90  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.35  Lanai City, Lanai
1.81  Puu Kukui, Maui
0.91  Kiholo RG, Big Island

The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph) as of Thursday afternoon:

29  Mana, Kauai – NNW
30  Waianae Harbor, Oahu – NW
18  Makaena, Molokai – NW
18  Lanai 1, Lanai – NW
11  Na Kula, Maui – SE
29  Mauna Loa Obs, Big Island  

 

Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcams on the summit of our tallest mountain Mauna Kea (~13,800 feet high) on the Big Island of Hawaii, and atop the Haleakala Crater (~10,023 feet) 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.

 

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Big Blue…click twice for largest version

 

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 A cold front is moving through the state from the northwest…with another front far northwest

 

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The frontal cloud band is over the Big Island 

 

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Showers locally…some heavy

 

Please open this link to see details on any current Watches, Warnings and Advisories noted above

 

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Glenn’s Thursday comments:  I’m here at home in upper Kula, Maui

It’s cloudy with a brief heavy shower early this morning, with a low temperature of 56 degrees at my place

554am, as the cold front went through the winds got gusty and it rained hard for a bit, then the rain and wind stopped…although it’s now raining again here at my Kula weather tower.

2pm, it rained for a good bit of time early this morning, and the associated rainfall added up to about 1.00 inch. I drove into Makawao this morning and played just a little bit of Pickleball, as there was quite a crowd of people playing. It was too long a wait between each game, and I finally just left. I stopped by the Pukalani Superette on the way home, and picked up some apple bananas and three solo papaya’s. It remains cloudy this afternoon, although it’s dry, and definitely on the cool side for this time of day…65.6 degrees.

 

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Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview: Showers will continue mainly on the Big Island, as winds weaken across the state. Cooler mornings are in store Friday and Saturday as relatively dry air has moved in behind today’s cold front. Trades will build in Friday and remain through the weekend. Early next week we will likely see a trend to southeast and then southerly winds. Wednesday into Thursday, another frontal boundary moves close enough to increase rain chances over the state.

Hawaii’s Weather Details: The latest radar data shows significant showers confined to the Big Island southwest of Cape Kumukahi toward Ainapo and Pahala. These showers will diminish tonight. Weaker showers extended from Kona north and east toward Laupahoehoe.

Sprinkles were falling over parts of Oahu and Maui County. The Wind Advisory for the highest mountain summits on the Big Island has been cancelled, as wind speeds have decreased below advisory level, and are expected to drop off even more overnight. Satellite showed decreasing clouds moving in from the northwest, as relatively dry low-level air moves in.

An upper level trough has pushed a cold front through the area. The front was just moving past the Big Island as of 4pm. This will be followed by high pressure at the surface and relatively dry air, leading to cool mornings the next couple of days. Trades return Friday and stay through the weekend. Morning lows will gradually warm each day as low-level air moistens up.

The surface high pressure will move off to the northeast early next week, allowing surface winds to turn out of the southeast Monday and Tuesday and become southerly Wednesday. This will occur in advance of another boundary (decaying cold front or shear line) approaching from the northwest. It’s too far out to say with any confidence how far this boundary will move into the islands, but the potential is there for another wet period for the entire state.

Here’s a near real-time Wind Profile of the Pacific Ocean – along with a Closer View of the islands / Vog map animation / 8-Day Precipitation model

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Hawaii’s Marine Environment: A cold front over the central waters will continue to move from west to east across the coastal waters. Southerly winds ahead of the front will transition to northwesterly behind the frontal passage. Meanwhile, an extra large northwest swell will generate large seas through Friday for exposed waters. The Small Craft Advisory (SCA) has been expanded to all Hawaiian waters and extended in time through Friday afternoon for combined high seas, winds strengthening to 25 kt, or both. A high pressure system moving far north of the islands will bring back easterly trade winds across Hawaiian waters Friday through Sunday. Winds will then become weaker and more southeasterly early next week as the next front approaches.

An extra large, medium to long period northwest (320-340 degrees) swell will fill in, peak this afternoon into the evening, then slowly fade through Friday. A High Surf Warning is now in effect through Friday for exposed north and west facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, and north facing shores of Maui. Additionally, a High Surf Advisory has been issued for west facing shores of the Big Island. This swell will gradually transition to become more northerly (350-010 degrees) as it fades into the weekend. Surf along north and west facing shores will then linger near advisory levels Saturday before another reinforcing northwest swell briefly boosts surf heights back to near warning levels on Sunday and Sunday night.

Surf along east facing shores will remain small, though will increase slightly by Friday as trades become re-established across the area. Additionally, some east facing shores sensitive to northerly swells may experience a slight uptick in surf heights this weekend, as the fading northwesterly swell becomes more northerly. No noteworthy swells are expected for the next few days for south facing shores.

 

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World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity

 

Atlantic Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Caribbean Sea:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Gulf of America:  There are no active tropical cyclones

 

Northeastern Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclones

North Central Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclones

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

 

Northwest Pacific Ocean:  

Tropical Cyclone 01W (Nokaen) is located approximately 505 NM east-southeast of Manila, Philippines

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Southwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones 

North Indian Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones 

 

South Indian Ocean:

Tropical Cyclone 14S (Dudzai) is located approximately 865 NM east of Port Louis, Mauritius

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Arabian Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones

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

 

>>> Here’s a link to the Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC Global) Weather Wall website

 

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Although honey bees have the ability to regulate hive temperatures, new research published in Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology shows that extreme summer heat can overwhelm these critical pollinators’ cooling systems, leading to significant colony population declines.

The research in “Negative Effects of Excessive Heat on Colony Thermoregulation and Population Dynamics in Honey Bees,” conducted during a hot Arizona summer, monitored nine honey bee colonies through three months of temperatures that frequently exceeded 104°F. The results indicate that intensifying heat waves worldwide represent a significant threat to honey bees and the pollination services they provide.

“Honey bee colonies have well-documented mechanisms to cope with heat exposure,” write authors Jun Chen, Adrian Fisher II, Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Cahit Ozturk, Brian H. Smith, Jennifer H. Fewell, Yun Kang, Kylie Maxwell, Kynadi Overcash, Keerut Chahal, and Jon F. Harrison. “However, there have been no studies to date that have assessed the limits of such thermoregulation or how natural heat waves affect the capacity of honey bees colonies to thermoregulate and grow.”

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