The latest update to this website was at 541am Sunday (HST)

 

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

0.49  Wailua, Kauai
0.10  Waianae, Oahu
0.17  Honolimaloo, Molokai
0.00  Lanai City, Lanai
0.20  West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.45  Laupahoehoe, Big Island

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

10  Makaha Ridge, Kauai – SE 
12  Kuaokala, Oahu – SSE
09  Molokai 1, Molokai – NE
04  Lanai 1,  Lanai – SE
10  Lahaina, Maui – NE
14  PTA West, Big Island – NNE

 

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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 The next cold front is approaching the state from the northwest

 

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Decreasing clouds…from west to east 

 

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Showers locally 

 

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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 in upper Kula, Maui

It’s mostly clear early this morning, with a low temperature of 52.5 degrees at my place…with the RH 73%

 

Weather Wit of the day: Winter Storm – The abominable snow mess

 

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>>> Lowest Temperature Sunday, January 25, 2026 – minus 39 near Forest Center, MN 

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  A high pressure ridge over the Hawaiian Islands today, ahead of an approaching weak cold front, will keep light and variable winds across our area today. Sea breezes will develop over all islands today, briefly turning into easterly trade winds on Monday as the cold front stalls near Kauai.

Expect increasing shower trends for the northwest islands from Sunday night through Monday as the stalled front dissipates. The ridge will build in over the island chain producing drying trends from Tuesday into Wednesday. Another weak cold front stalls near Kauai, with the next round of increasing clouds and shower trends from Thursday into Friday.

Hawaii’s Weather Details: Satellite imagery shows significant clearing of cloud cover as the ridge sets up in a east to west orientation across the Hawaii region. High level cirrus clouds are creeping in from the north ahead of the approaching cold front. Expect light and variable large scale winds to produce heat driven onshore sea breezes during the daylight hours over all islands. Mountain and interior cloud cover will be limited due to the stronger subsidence aloft under the stable ridge axis.

By tonight the weak cold front moves into Kauai and stalls between Kauai and Oahu, and then dissipates through Monday. Expect increasing clouds and shower trends over Kauai and Niihau later tonight, with similar trends spreading to Oahu by Monday morning. Weather models continue to show significant differences in how far the front moves down the island chain. The American (GFS) model stalls the frontal cloud band near Kauai and Oahu by Monday morning, keeping drier conditions across the central islands in Maui County and over the Big Island. The European Model (ECMWF) remains the more progressive of the two model solutions with a stronger northerly component wind direction, driving the front further south into Maui and the Big Island, as it rapidly dissipates into a surface trough. A brief period of easterly trade winds are forecast for Monday, before wind directions veer from a more southeasterly and southerly direction, ahead of the next approaching cold front.

In the long range forecast outlook we see another high pressure ridge building in from east to west across the island chain. This ridge will increase stable subsidence across the state, lowering the temperature inversion heights, and limiting cloud cover and shower activity from Tuesday through Wednesday night.

By Thursday another weak cold front stalls near Kauai, with the next round of increasing clouds and shower trends over the northwest islands from Thursday into Friday. Surprisingly, this far out in the forecast time period, both the GFS and ECMWF models are in better agreement with this next stalling cold front.

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: Light winds will prevail across the island chain ahead of a front that is approaching from the northwest. Within this light wind regime, nearshore sea breezes will commence during the day, with land breezes resuming at night. Trades briefly return on Monday followed by another around of light and variable winds throughout much of the rest of the week.

Buoy observations from Hanalei and Waimea show that a new small, long period northwest swell arrived and peake. This swell, which resulted in a bump in surf along north and west facing shores, will gradually decline. The next, slightly larger, medium period northwest swell will begin arriving into the islands on Monday, continuing to build Monday night. This will be quickly followed by a moderate, long period north northwest swell Tuesday that will peak Tuesday night, then decline through Wednesday. The most impactful swell for surf along north and west facing shores over the next few days will be late in the week when a large, medium period northwest swell arrives in the islands. This late week swell is forecast to peak near the High Surf Warning thresholds for north and west facing shores.

Surf along East shores will remain small over the next few days due to a lack of trades. Surf along south facing shores will see a small boost from a tiny, long period energy poised to arrive tonight and continuing through at least the first half of the week.

 

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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: There are no active tropical cyclones 

North Indian Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones 

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:  Wood Burning in Homes Drives Dangerous Air Pollution in Winter

Thousands of U.S. deaths per year linked to particulate matter from wood smoke.

Throwing another log into a crackling fireplace on a cold winter’s night might seem like a cozy, harmless tradition. But Northwestern University scientists have found residential wood burning is a major — yet often overlooked — contributor to winter air pollution across the United States.

Although only 2% of U.S. homes rely on wood as their primary heating source, residential wood burning accounts for more than one-fifth of Americans’ wintertime exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the new study found.

These tiny airborne particles can penetrate deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream, where they are linked to increased risks of heart disease, lung disease and even premature death. Among their findings, which were published in the journal Science Advances, the scientists calculated that pollution from residential wood burning is associated with about 8,600 premature deaths per year.

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