The latest update to this website was at 514pm Wednesday (HST)

 

Here are the highest temperatures Wednesday…and the lowest Wednesday:

81 – 67  Lihue AP, Kauai
84 – 65  Molokai AP, Molokai
86 – 65  Kahului AP, Maui
85 – 72  Kona AP, Big Island
84 – 69  Hilo, AP, Big Island

>>> There are lots of new locations that measure rainfall and winds now, here’s a map of all areas for your reference

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

0.76  Waialae, Kauai
0.47  Poamoho RG 1, Oahu
0.73  Molokai 1, Molokai
0.61  Lanai City, Lanai
1.99  Keokea, Maui
2.01  Puu Waawaa, Big Island

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

21  Port Allen, Kauai
27  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
25  Makapulapai, Molokai
18  Lanai 1, Lanai
37  Na Kula, Maui
29  Pali 2, 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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 High clouds moving by to the south of Hawaii…thunderstorms further south


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Low clouds being carried our way on the east-southeast winds

 

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Towering cumulus moving away to the east

 

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Localized showers

 

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Kauai and Oahu (Satellite)

 

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Kauai and Oahu (Radar)

 

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Oahu and Maui County (Satellite)

 

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Oahu and Maui County (Radar)

 

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 Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, and the Big Island (Satellite)

 

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Maui County and the Big Island (Radar)

 

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Big Island (Radar)

 

Model showing precipitation through 8-days (you can slow this animation down)

 

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

 

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~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

Glenn’s Wednesday comments:  I’m here in Corte Madera, Marin County, California, at my friend Linda’s on a working vacation.

I fly back to Maui this morning. I must say that I’ll miss being here, although I look forward to being back home, and seeing all my friends again.

I’m back on Maui, after an eventful 5 hour flight. I met a couple of interesting ladies who are from the Bay area…who were fun to talk with.

It’s cloudy here in upper Kula, and there was a brief shower or two, although it seems to be ending now at 422pm.

Weather Wit of the day:  Rainbow – A remarkable display of colors that is always bent on disappearing

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  Trade winds have developed across the state, but remain light enough for some sea breeze clouds and showers over leeward and sheltered areas. Trade winds will strengthen to moderate to locally breezy Friday and continue into early next week, with clouds and showers favoring windward and mountain areas.

Hawaii’s Weather Details:  Light trade winds have developed across the state, as a weak surface trough north of Kauai continues to dissipate and surface high pressure builds far northeast of the islands. Radar and satellite imagery shows scattered clouds and showers over leeward and sheltered areas due to weak sea breezes. Some of these showers have been pushed offshore by the developing trades and the lingering showers should dissipate later this evening.

Trades will continue to gradually strengthen across the islands tonight, with stable conditions developing as a mid-level ridge builds overhead. Moderate to locally breezy trades are expected to return Friday then hold through early next week, as a pair of strong high pressure systems move north of the state.

With the return of stable trade wind conditions expect clouds and showers to favor windward and mountain areas, particularly during the overnight and early morning hours.

Also, as the trade winds become reestablished across the state expect vog to slowly shift away from the smaller islands.

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 / Vog map animation

Hawaii’s Marine Environment:  Trade winds with more stable weather conditions will build back in, strengthening to Small Craft Advisory levels for the typical windier coastal waters around Maui and the Big Island by Thursday.

A small northwest swell will continue to slowly fade, allowing surf along north and west facing shores to remain near or below average levels for this time of year. By Thursday, a moderate to long period north-northwest swell is expected to arrive, producing surf above the seasonal average. This north-northwest swell will slowly decline over the weekend.

Multiple small south swells will keep elevated south shore surf heights into the weekend. Trade winds should strengthen through Friday, with rough and choppy surf rising along east facing shores by this weekend.

 

Maui wallpaper, coastline, mountain landscape, 4k desktop (horizontal)



World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity

 

Atlantic Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Caribbean Sea:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Gulf of Mexico:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Northeastern Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclones

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

North Central Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclones

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

Northwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Southwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

North and South Indian Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

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

 

Interesting:  Geoengineering Technique Could Cool Planet Using Existing Aircraft

A technique to cool the planet, in which particles are added to the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, would not require developing special aircraft but could be achieved using existing large planes, according to a new modelling study led by UCL researchers.

Previously, most research has assumed that the technique, known as stratospheric aerosol injection, would be deployed in the tropics and so would require specially designed aircraft capable of flying at altitudes of 20km or more to inject the particles.

For the new study, published in the journal Earth’s Future, scientists ran simulations of different aerosol injection strategies and concluded that adding particles 13km above the polar regions could meaningfully cool the planet, albeit much less effectively than at higher altitudes closer to the equator. Commercial jets such as the Boeing 777F could reach this altitude.

Lead author Alistair Duffey, a PhD student at UCL’s Department of Earth Sciences, said: “Solar geoengineering comes with serious risks and much more research is needed to understand its impacts. However, our study suggests that it is easier to cool the planet with this particular intervention than we thought. This has implications for how quickly stratospheric aerosol injection could be started and by who.

Read more at University College London