The latest update to this website was at 907pm Sunday (HST)

 

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

2.81  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
1.58  Kalawahine, Oahu
0.83  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
2.18  West Wailuaiki, Maui 
2.44  Piihonua, Big Island

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

33  Lihue, Kauai – E
40  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu – E
42  Makapulapai, Molokai – ESE
35  Lanai 1,  Lanai – NE
47  Na Kula, Maui – NE 
58  Puuloa, Big Island – NE

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 trough to the southwest…with a cold front northwest 

 

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Variable clouds over the state

 

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  Showers locally 

 

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

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

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

It’s mostly cloudy early this morning here at my place, with calm winds, and a low temperature of 51 degrees at my place, and the relative humidity is 74%.

I played Pickleball this morning in Haiku, where it was rainy, heavy at times, with gusty winds, and it was chilly.

This afternoon in upper Kula it’s partly cloudy and dry, with generally light breezes at best.

There’s an area of high clouds moving over parts of the state this evening. The winds are strong and gusty in many areas, although here in upper Kula it’s near calm in contrast.

 

Weather Wit of the day:  Snow Removal Budget – Slush Fund

 

>>> Highest Temperature Sunday, February 15, 2026 – 90 McAllen, TX
>>> Lowest Temperature Sunday, February 15, 2026 – minus 16 near Clayton Lake, ME

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of 856pm Sunday:  Breezy to locally strong trade winds are expected this week. Winds will be strongest in higher terrain areas, passes, and areas immediately south through west of mountains across all islands. Showers carried in on the trade will be focused over windward and mountain areas.

Short Term Update…as of 856pm Sunday: Skies were mostly cloudy, and scattered showers were moving east over mainly windward and mountain areas. Rainfall amounts have been relatively light so far, with amounts in the past three hours ranging from a few hundredths to a few tenths at lower elevations, and a half inch to around an inch at higher elevations. The eruption at Kilauea continues at this time, with ash up to around 15,000 feet moving southwest. Winds have come down below advisory criteria in most areas, and the wind advisory was cancelled.

Hawaii’s Weather Details…as of 430pm Sunday: Upper ridging will be in place over the islands, serving as a bridge between two upper troughs through much of the extended period. A modest influx of moisture today through Monday from the northeast, will support an increase in shower activity and intensity.

Breezy to windy conditions are also likely in response to the pressure gradient between the high to the northeast, and a broad surface low/trough of low pressure south and west of the state. Winds should veer with time early to mid-week, as a surface high pressure area exerts more influence from the north…which starts to draw deeper moisture northward around the southwest periphery of the ridge.

A developing low northwest of the island chain is on tap by the middle/end of the week. The low is expected to track toward the islands while the associated cold front lags behind. Some uncertainty remains on whether this system will lead to a wetter or drier period for the western part of the state.

 

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

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High Surf Advisory until 6am Tuesday for Big Island East-
Big Island North-Big Island Southeast-East Honolulu-Kauai East-
Kauai South-Kipahulu-Koolau Windward-Maui Windward West-Molokai
Southeast-Molokai Windward-Olomana-Windward Haleakala.
Small Craft Advisory until 6am Wednesday for Alenuihaha
Channel-Big Island Leeward Waters-Big Island Southeast Waters-
Big Island Windward Waters-Kaiwi Channel-Kauai Channel-Kauai
Leeward Waters-Kauai Northwest Waters-Kauai Windward Waters-
Maalaea Bay-Maui County Leeward Waters-Maui County Windward
Waters-Oahu Leeward Waters-Oahu Windward Waters-Pailolo Channel.
Ashfall Advisory until 10pm this evening for Big Island
East-Big Island Southeast.

 

Hawaii’s Marine Environment…as of 338pm Sunday: An usually strong 1045 millibar high anchored over the NE Pacific Basin, is driving strong trades and localized near-gales over the waters. Existing Gale Warning has been transitioned to a Small Craft Advisory. Governing high pressure weakens by late this week allowing trades to ease. Observed surf along east shores solidly in the High Surf Advisory range, where it will likely remain into mid-week. The HSA therefore remains in effect and may need to be extended into Wednesday, as strong trades and fresh easterly trade wind swell persist. Minimal energy anticipated out of the north, west, and south quadrants through the period. Surf along north and west facing exposures gets a small bump Wednesday and Thursday courtesy of a small, medium period northwest swell.

 

Maui Trade Winds | Fair Winds | Written by Shannon Wianecki



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:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Southwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

North Indian Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

 

South Indian Ocean: 

Tropical Cyclone 21S (Gezani)…is located approximately 232 NM south of Europa Island

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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

 

Interesting:  Scientists See Growing Risk of ‘Hothouse Earth’ as Warming Gains Pace

Warming is accelerating, threatening a cascade of tipping points that destabilize the climate. In a new paper, scientists say the risk of “hothouse Earth” is greater than once believed.

“After a million years of oscillating between ice ages separated by warmer periods, the Earth’s climate stabilized more than 11,000 years ago, enabling agriculture and complex societies,” said William Ripple of Oregon State University, lead author of the paper. “We’re now moving away from that stability and could be entering a period of unprecedented climate change.”

A decade ago, countries set forth in the Paris Agreement a target of capping warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius. Earth is now likely breaching that threshold. The world has not officially surpassed the Paris target, which will be judged according to the average temperature over 20 years, but the average temperature over the last three years exceeded 1.5 degrees.

Read More: Yale Environment 360