The latest update to this website was at 557am Wednesday (HST)

 

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

2.43  Kilohana, Kauai
1.63  Manoa Lyon Arboretum, Oahu
1.12   Puu Alii, Molokai
0.04   Lanai City, Lanai
3.10  West Wailuaiki, Maui 
3.27  Honokaa, Big Island

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

32  Lihue, Kauai – NE
45  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu – E
38  Makapulapai, Molokai – E
40  Lanai 1,  Lanai – NE
52  Na Kula , Maui – E
56  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 cold front is located well to the northwest…thunderstorms far south

 

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Partly to mostly cloudy across the state 

 

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Rain 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 Wednesday comments:  I’m here at home in upper Kula, Maui

It’s very foggy early this morning here at my place, with calm winds, and a low temperature of 57.5 degrees at my place, and the relative humidity is 87%.

 

Weather Wit of the day:  Slippery Roads – Something which can give you an auto-body experience

 

>>> Highest Temperature Tuesday, February 10, 2026 – 88 near La Puerta, TX
>>> Lowest Temperature Wednesday, February 11, 2026 – minus 2 at International Falls, MN

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of 323am Wednesday:  Strong high pressure north of the Hawaiian Islands will maintain breezy to locally windy trades, supporting windward and mountain showers. As the high begins to meander northeastward, trades will ease a bit to a more moderate to breezy pattern, persisting through the rest of the week. Some models are hinting at unsettled weather returning to the islands by the weekend, but there`s still a fair bit of uncertainty involved.

Hawaii’s Weather Details…as of 323am Wednesday: A strong area of high pressure will remain anchored north of the islands, while a trough of low pressure continues moving southwest away from the islands, which will help in maintaining breezy to locally windy trades, namely across the more wind-prone locations. Trades are forecast to ease up over the next 12 to 24 hours though, transitioning to a more moderate to locally breezy regime for much of the state, as the aforementioned area of high pressure meanders eastward.

Isolated showers persist across the eastern half of the state with lingering remnant moisture from earlier this week,which is expected to remain in the vicinity of the Big Island. Furthermore, the moisture will be deep enough to be a catalyst for wintry precipitation on the summits of the Big Island, where the temperature has been flirting around freezing, supporting freezing rain and some accumulating snowfall. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for the Big Island summits through 6pm today to account for any wintry precipitation.

A more typical trade wind pattern returns to round out the end of the work week, bringing periods of enhanced showers and increased clouds to windward and mountain locations. Model guidance has been hinting at the probability of some unsettled weather coming to the Hawaiian Islands during the weekend period. The American Model (GFS) and the European Model (ECMWF) continue to project a band of moisture remaining west of the islands throughout the weekend and even into early next week, suggesting the typical trade wind pattern will persist during this time, however, the GFS eventually brings the moisture over the islands, while the ECMWF does not…stay tuned.

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

High Surf  Advisory until 6pm Wednesday for this evening for Olomana- Kahoolawe-Maui Windward West-Kauai East-East Honolulu-Koolau Windward-Molokai Windward-Molokai Southeast-Windward Haleakala- Kipahulu-South Haleakala-Big Island Southeast-Big Island East- Big Island North.

Winter Weather Advisory until 6pm this evening for Big Island Summits.

Small Craft Advisory until 6pm this evening for all Hawaiian waters

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Hawaii’s Marine Environment:  Seas have remained high due to the strong trade wind fetch from the last several days. As a result, the High Surf Advisory (HSA) for east facing shores has been extended. Seas should be on the decrease, and will likely fall close to shore by this afternoon, which would allow the HSA to be dropped. That being said, high seas are expected to linger over some of the coastal waters, a factor in the extension of the Small Craft Advisory (SCA). The SCA was expanded to include all coastal waters, and extended through Thursday due to a combination of winds and seas. Winds are expected to remain above SCA through the remainder of the week, and a new swell Friday afternoon/night will bring additional SCA level seas to exposed coastal waters.

A strong high pressure system far north of the Hawaiian Islands will continue to slowly drift eastward over the next few days. This has already resulted in fresh to strong trades, that are expected to persist into the weekend.

As mentioned above, the HSA for east facing shores has been extended. Even as surf falls below HSA levels, elevated surf heights along east facing shores will keep rough conditions in the forecast just below surf advisory thresholds into Friday.

Small to medium northwest swells will continue through the week, with smaller surf lingering in the forecast along north and west facing shores for the foreseeable future. A short-lived northwest swell arriving Friday afternoon will help to boost seas for exposed northern coastal waters. Small background medium period south swell energy, will keep surf heights along the south facing shores on the tiny side lasting into early next week.

Thunderstorms remain a possibility in the offshore waters to the west and northwest of the Hawaiian coastal waters, due to an upper level trough in the area. While this upper level feature is expected to weaken over the next couple of days, a new developing mid to upper level trough moving in from the northwest will maintain the possibility for thunderstorms through the weekend.

 

Breezy Beachfront Bali-Style Haven 180 Degree OceanView, Hauula (updated prices 2026)



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 159 NM west of Antananarivo, Madagascar

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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:  Boreal Forests Are Shifting North

The boreal forest—the world’s largest terrestrial biome—is warming faster than any other forest type. To understand the changing dynamics of boreal forests, Feng et al., 2026 analyzed the biome from 1985 to 2020, leveraging the longest and highest-resolution satellite record of calibrated tree cover to date. The study, published in February in Biogeosciences with four co-authors from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, confirms a northward shift in boreal forest cover over the past four decades.

Landsat imagery played a central role in this study: the researchers applied machine learning to process 224,026 scenes collected by Landsats 4, 5, 7, and 8 to create annual, 30-meter resolution maps of tree cover across the entire boreal biome. They downscaled and extended calibrated MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields data to 30-meter resolution, creating a 36-year time series (1984-2020) that provided unprecedented spatial detail for tracking forest changes.

The analysis revealed that boreal forests both grew in size and moved northward. The forests expanded by 0.844 million km² (a 12% increase) and shifted northward by 0.29° mean latitude, with gains concentrated between 64-68°N. Their work also showcased the capacity of new growth to act as a carbon sink. Young boreal forests (up to 36 years) hold an estimated 1.1-5.9 petagrams of carbon (Pg C) with potential to sequester an additional 2.3-3.8 Pg C if allowed to mature. Landsat’s long time series of highly calibrated data allows researchers to study how ecosystems shift over decades, a crucial insight into our changing world.

Read more at: NASA