The latest update to this website was at 409pm Sunday (HST)

 

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

3.35  Waialae, Kauai
2.57  Schofield East, Oahu
0.09  Molokai AP, Molokai
0.25  Lanai City, Lanai
0.12  Hanaula, Maui
0.56  Pali 2, Big Island

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

15  Mana, Kauai – NNW
18  Waianae Harbor, Oahu – SE
25  Molokai AP, Molokai – S
18  Lanai 1, Lanai – SW 
33  Kahului AP, Maui – SSW
15  Kawaihae Rd, Big Island – SW

 

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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Cold front is near Kauai and moving towards Oahu…the next cold front is coming into view to the northwest

 

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Variably cloudy skies…mostly along the cold front 

 

 

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Showers locally…some are heavy

 

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

 

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

It’s clear with some clouds around the edges here in Maui County early this morning, with a low temperature of 57.5 degrees at my place, with the relative humidity 65 percent.

1227pm, it’s gotten cloudy around mountains here on Maui, while I see plenty of partly sunny conditions down closer to the coasts.

240pm, it will be interesting to see just how far this cold front can make it into the state, personally, I want it to reach me with some rain…or even a thunderstorm!

Weather Wit of the day: Probability Forecast – A whether prediction

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An interesting weather related web blog, Makua Showers…Incoming – The First Big Rain Event of the Season

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview: The current cold front has stalled in the vicinity of Oahu, will hold its position before moving slowly back to the north and west tonight and Monday. This will bring continued chances for moderate to heavy rain to the western end of the state through Monday.

The chance of rain decreases Monday night into Tuesday, but returns Tuesday night into Wednesday as the remains of the current front fuse with a new one, and they move back into the western part of the state. Confidence in location is not as high with this next system, as guidance has trended away from bringing it as far east as Oahu.

Hawaii’s Weather Details: Radar and satellite have shown repeated episodes of moderate to heavy rain moving over Oahu, with lesser amounts over western Molokai and eastern Kauai. Rainfall amounts of 2 to just over 3 inches were recorded in the past 24 hours on Kauai, with over an inch in just the past 3 hours in several locations on Oahu. Moderate to heavy rainfall is likely over much of Oahu into tonight. A flood watch for flash flooding remains in effect for Niihau/Kauai/Oahu through late Monday night.

This first weakening front will recede westward tonight and Monday, as a new front rapidly approaches from the northwest. This next front will combine with the remains of this current system and approach Kauai/Niihau Tuesday night. Latest model consensus is that this next front will not make it as far east as the current one. It is too early to be sure, however. Folks from Oahu westward should remain alert to the possibility of another moderate/heavy rain event with potential flooding Wednesday through Thursday night.

Moisture is forecast to linger in the vicinity of the state, with light winds later in the week and into next weekend. This could allow for yet additional showers and warm humid conditions.

Fire weather:  Weather conditions will remain below critical fire weather thresholds through the forecast period. Unsettled light to moderate southerly winds are forecast for the western half of the state, while more stable and drier conditions will continue over Maui and the Big Island. Periods of wet weather are forecast to last into next weekend for Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and possibly Lanai, with much lower rainfall chances elsewhere. Temperature inversion heights near Maui and the Big Island will range from 7,000 to 8,000 feet.

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: The front that moved through Kauai overnight will continue to push east through Oahu with the potential for showers and isolated thunderstorms along the front. As the front stalls and weakens, the chance for isolated thunderstorms remains over the western coastal waters through Monday. Winds are expected to weaken behind the front before becoming locally fresh out of the south Monday through mid-week as another front approaches from the west. Gentle to locally moderate south to southwest winds are forecast through the rest of the forecast period.

Long period forerunners from the west-northwest have begun to fill into the nearshore waters as the new moderate medium to long period west-northwest swell will build quickly and peak tonight at High Surf Advisory levels for north and west facing shores, before gradually declining Monday. A High Surf Advisory has been issued for select north and west facing shores as the swell rises through Monday.

Due to travel time, western shores of the Big Island may need to be expanded for Monday. A Small Craft Advisory (SCA) has also been expanded to all waters around Kauai and Oahu windward waters due to the incoming swell and also the winds along the front through Monday too. A combination of moderate northwest and north swells will keep surf elevated through the upcoming week.

East facing shores will remain tiny to small given the lack of trade winds, but shorelines exposed to the north swells may be slightly elevated through Wednesday. Surf along south facing shores will see an increase of short period wind wave chop, mainly over the western islands associated with the passing front. A slight lull is expected for waters behind the front, before the next front approaches and increases the wind waves coming from the south.

 

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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:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Southwest Pacific Ocean:  

Tropical Cyclone 08P…is located approximately 266 NM north-northeast of Port Vila, Vanuatu

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North and South Indian Ocean:   

South Indian Ocean:

Tropical Cyclone 07S (Bakung)…is located approximately 361 NM west-northwest of the Cocos Islands

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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: Orcas and Dolphins Seen Hunting Together For the First Time

A new study has revealed that two top ocean predators—northern resident killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins—join forces to find and feast on salmon off B.C., with the first video of its kind showing the two species hunting for food and suggesting they have forged a co-operative relationship that?may?provide mutual benefits.

The paper, published in the journal Scientific Reports, was undertaken by researchers from UBC, Dalhousie University, the Leibniz Institute and the Hakai Institute, and shows that these interactions are not just chance encounters. Instead, the species appear to be working together to hunt Chinook salmon in waters off B.C., where they are often seen within meters of each other.

“We’ve long known that resident killer whales interact with Pacific white-sided dolphins, but seeing them dive and hunt in sync with dolphins completely changes our understanding of what those encounters mean,” said?lead author Dr. Sarah Fortune, Canadian Wildlife Federation Chair in Large Whale Conservation and assistant professor in Dalhousie’s oceanography department.

Read more at: University of British Columbia

Image: Dolphin with a pod of northern resident killer whales.