Glenn James
Hawaii Weather Today
Creator, Author, and Administrator for 30 years

 

The latest update to this website was at 130pm Tuesday afternoon HST


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

0.37  Kilohana, Kauai
0.14  Schofield East, Oahu
0.68  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.17  Lanai City, Lanai
1.55  West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.79  Kawainui Stream, Big Island


The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph) Tuesday afternoon: 

27  Port Allen, Kauai – ENE
29  Kuaokala, Oahu – NNE
25  Molokai AP, Molokai – NE
22  Lanai 1, Lanai – NE
25  Kealia Pond, Maui – NNE
23  South Point, Big Island – E


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

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Big Blue…click twice for largest version

 

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Cold fronts north and northwest…thunderstorms far south 

 

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An area of showery clouds (a trough of low pressure) is moving into the state from the east..high cirrus clouds southeast

 

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Localized showers 

 

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~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

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

450am, it’s clear here in upper Kula although there are low clouds along the windward sides and elsewhere, with calm winds, and a low temperature at my place of 54.5 degrees…with the relative humidity 78%

1020am, getting cloudy and I just had a very light sprinkle…and I have my clothes hanging on the line…grrr.

130pm, it rained and my clothes ended up in the drier, which is unusual. It’s still very lightly showering here at my place, and looking out over what I can see of Maui, there are lots of showers falling. However, glancing down towards Kihei, it’s looks sunny, or at least partly sunny in contrast to lots of cloudy and wet areas.

 

>>> Highest Temperature Monday, June 22, 2026 – 115 at Rio Grande Village, TX
>>> Lowest Temperature Tuesday, June 23, 2026 – 25 degrees at White Sulphur Springs, MT

 

Hawaii’s Weather Highlights…as of Tuesday afternoon: Moderate to locally breezy trade winds expected through the rest of the week. An increase in moisture is expected through Wednesday, causing showers to increase along windward and mountain locations. Some limited spillover is possible over to leeward areas. Drier conditions will move in for the weekend.

Short Term Update:  Radar shows numerous light showers moving east to west over most windward and many mountain areas. Skies were mostly cloudy in those same areas, with a few mostly sunny spots in leeward areas. Trade winds will increase today through tonight, leading to additional windward and mountain showers.

Weather Commentary…as of Tuesday afternoon: Looking at current satellite and radar imagery this morning, scattered showers and low clouds are moving across the island chain. Some showers are making it over into leeward areas. These showers are caused by a surface trough moving in from the east. Expect this increase in showers to continue into mid-week.

A weak upper level low to our northeast will drift southwest and come near the state Wednesday into Wednesday night, before moving off to the northwest and then weakening through Sunday. This upper low will bring cooler air aloft, slightly enhancing instability through the rest of the week. This will lead to a deeper surface boundary and higher inversion height. A slight increase in rain rates is possible along windward and mountain locations, although don`t expect widespread heavy or flooding rains.

North of our weak upper level low, an upper level ridge will help keep a strong high positioned to our northeast, off the coast of the mainland. This will keep the trades blowing at moderate to occasionally breezy levels into the weekend. Models indicate some drier air approaching Friday and Saturday, reducing the number and strength of showers.

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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 / Looping Surface Precipitation…through the next 8-days / Vog Map

 

Marine Conditions…as of Tuesday afternoon: The subtropical ridge will strengthen north of the islands through Wednesday, increasing trade wind speeds to Small Craft Advisory (SCA) thresholds from Wednesday morning on into the weekend, across the windier waters and channels near Maui and the Big Island. A low level trough passing from east to west across Hawaiian Coastal and Offshore waters tosday into Wednesday, along with an upper level disturbance will enhance rain shower activity for all waters.

A series of small to moderate, medium to long period south swells will keep surf along south facing shores elevated through the week. A moderate, long period south swell will slowly fade through Wednesday. The forerunners of the next long period south swell will begin to arrive in the islands by Wednesday morning, and then build into Wednesday night, and peaking on Thursday, with head high to overhead surf heights at most exposed south shore surf breaks.

Surf along east facing shores will gradually build through Wednesday, and then hold into the weekend as trade winds strengthen. West facing shores will remain on the small side with a slight south swell wrap. Surf heights along north facing shores will remain fairly flat due to the lack of significant north swell energy.

 

Coconut palm trees reach toward the sky on a peaceful morning in Maui, Hawaii.


World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity


>>> Here’s a link to the latest Pacific Disaster Center’s Weather Wall


>>> Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.

>>> Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.

>>> Gulf of America: There are no active tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.

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

 

>>> Northeast Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclone

Central and Western Portion of the East Pacific:

Invest 94E

Showers and thunderstorms are starting to show some signs of organization in association with the low pressure system located several hundred miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Environmental conditions are currently favorable for continued gradual development, and a tropical depression could form within the next day or so as the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. By Thursday, the system is forecast to move into an unfavorable environment, which should end the chances for further development.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…50 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…50 percent

 

Central and Western East Pacific:

A low pressure system is expected to form late this week several hundred miles offshore of the coast of southwestern Mexico. Some slow development of this system is possible after that time, and it could become a tropical depression this weekend or early next week while it moves westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…40 percent

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

 

>>> Central Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclone

Central and Western Portion of the East Pacific 

Invest 94E

Showers and thunderstorms are starting to show some signs of organization in association with the low pressure system located several hundred miles south of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Environmental conditions are currently favorable for continued gradual development, and a tropical depression could form within the next day or so as the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. By Thursday, the system is forecast to move into an unfavorable environment, which should end the chances for further development.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…50 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…50 percent

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

 

>>> Northwest Pacific Ocean: 

Tropical Cyclone 07W (Mekkhala)…is located approximately 412 NM south-southwest of Kadena AB

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Tropical Cyclone 08W (Higos)…is located approximately 142 NM west-northwest of Andersen AFB

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>>> Southwest Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones

>>> North and South Indian Oceans / Arabian Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones

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



Interesting:  What We Know About Marine Heatwaves in the Arctic

In recent years, marine heatwaves have been taking an ever-greater toll on the world’s oceans and their ecosystems. Amplified by increasing global warming, these events are occurring more frequently and lasting longer. The Arctic is not spared from this trend either, as it is warming faster than any other region on our planet.

However, due to local processes and conditions, marine heatwaves in the Arctic differ fundamentally from those in non-polar oceans. A recent study, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, summarizes how these events have developed over recent decades, what science knows about the driving forces behind them, and where there are still knowledge gaps to be filled.

Marine heatwaves are individual extreme events in which sea temperatures are unusually high for at least five days. They occur when strong solar radiation or warm air heats the water or when ocean currents carry unusually warm water in. “Recent studies show that the number of marine heatwaves has also increased significantly in the Arctic over the past few decades,” says Dr Marylou Athanase of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

In a new publication, the climate researcher has summarized the current state of scientific knowledge, which highlights just how little these heat events are researched. Whilst research into marine heatwaves has seen a surge worldwide in recent years, studies in the Arctic remain scarce and there is no comprehensive assessment of their characteristics, drivers and impacts, or how these factors interact. “Yet in the Arctic, even a temporary rise in temperature of a fraction of a degree can have cascading impacts on the heat-sensitive polar ecosystem, and possible implications for the global climate system,” says Marylou Athanase.

Read More at: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

In the Arctic, there are climate processes that have no equivalent at lower latitudes: the presence of sea ice, altering heat fluxes between the atmosphere and the ocean, and the injection of ocean heat stored deep below the Arctic surface represent a previously overlooked class of influencing factors.