The latest update to this website was at 522pm Thursday (HST)

 

Here are the highest temperatures Thursday…and the lowest Thursday:

82 – 75  Lihue AP, Kauai
84 – 70  Molokai AP, Molokai
89 – 65  Kahului AP, Maui
85 – 73  Kona AP, Big Island
84 – 69  Hilo, AP, Big Island

>>> There are lots of new locations that measure rainfall and winds now, here’s a map of all areas for your reference

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

0.49  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.36  Tunnel RG, Oahu
0.03  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.01  Lanai AP, Lanai
0.55  Keokea, Maui
1.39  Nene Cabin, Big Island

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

29  Port Allen, Kauai
39  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
35  Molokai AP, Molokai
30  Lanai 1, Lanai
49  Na Kula, Maui
37  South Point, Big Island

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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 Thunderstorms far south


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Low clouds being carried our way on the trade winds

 

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Lots of clear skies in our area

 

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Localized showers…mostly south of the Big Island

 

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Kauai and Oahu (Satellite)

 

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Kauai and Oahu (Radar)

 

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Oahu and Maui County (Satellite)

 

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Oahu and Maui County (Radar)

 

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 Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, and the Big Island (Satellite)

 

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Maui County and the Big Island (Radar)

 

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Big Island (Radar)

 

Model showing precipitation through 8-days (you can slow this animation down)

 


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

 

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~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

Glenn’s Thursday comments:  I’m here in upper Kula, Maui, Hawaii.

Weather Wit of the day:  Rainbow – A remarkable display of colors that is always bent on disappearing

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  Gusty trade winds will persist through the remainder of this week into next week, gradually increasing in strength toward the latter half of next week. Brief showers will favor windward and mountain areas, with leeward areas remaining mostly dry, apart from a few isolated showers at night.

Hawaii’s Weather Details:  Trade winds prevail across the islands, increasing in strength over the upcoming weekend. A broad area of high pressure will persist northwest of the islands, moving eastward through the next several days, with an elongated frontal passage in its wake. This may result in a subtle veering wind direction to a more east-southeast direction , however, this will be brief. Otherwise, expect showers along windward and mountain areas.

By next week, a new, strong high will propagate eastward toward the islands. The aforementioned frontal passage is expected to weaken as it gets overrun by the established trades, leading to a gradual increase of trade winds across the Hawaiian islands the next several days.

Clouds and showers will favor windward and mountain areas, especially during the overnight and early more hours. Conversely, limited rainfall will be expected on leeward areas, apart from a few isolated showers during the night, foreshadowing the beginning of the dry season. Aside from all this, leeward areas of the Big Island will continue to expect clouds and showers each afternoon, dissipating during the overnight hours.

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 / Vog map animation

Hawaii’s Marine Environment:  High pressure approximately 1,200 nautical miles northwest of the islands will travel east and be north of the state by late today, then northeast of the area this weekend. The pressure gradient between the high and lower pressure towards the equator, will be tight enough to produce locally strong trade winds, which will persist through most of next week. A Small Craft Advisory (SCA) is in effect the next couple of days for the notoriously windier channels and bays surrounding Maui County and south of the Big Island.

A relatively small size, moderate to long period north-northwest swell will be passing through the islands. This swell will peak tonight and then slowly decline this weekend. A series of northwest to north swells are expected next week, that should produce near or above seasonal average surf.

A small, long period south swell will last into Saturday. This swell will result in above summer average surf heights, before slowly subsiding early next week. A mix of both a reinforcing south-southwest swell, and new long period south-southeast swell energy this weekend, should maintain near to above seasonal average surf. South shore surf will generally decline next week, but smaller south-southwest swells will hold surf at near summer averages through the middle of next week.

Gentle to moderate upstream trades will keep east shore surf small. An increase in the east wind swell is expected Friday, as trades strengthen over and upstream of the state.

 



World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity

 

Atlantic Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Caribbean Sea:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Gulf of Mexico:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Northeastern Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclones

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

North Central Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclones

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

Northwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Southwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

North and 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:  Dusty Days Are Here Again for El Paso

Spring and early summer are generally dusty in the Borderplex region of the Chihuahuan Desert—a transnational area that spans parts of southern New Mexico, West Texas, and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. With the region gripped by exceptional drought, this has been especially true in 2025.

The latest in a string of storms lofted particles from dried lakes and other parched sources in northern Chihuahua and New Mexico and sent them streaming toward El Paso, Juárez, and Las Cruces. The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image on April 27, 2025. The event followed a large dust storm that hit the region a week earlier, as well as other major dust storms in early and mid-March.

Research indicates that March, April, and May are typically the most active months for airborne dust in El Paso. But the dust season so far this year has been “truly exceptional—one for the record books,” said Thomas Gill, an environmental scientist at the University of Texas at El Paso. For decades, Gill has used satellite observations and models to track dust activity around the planet and in the Borderplex region.

Read more at NASA Earth Observatory