The latest update to this website was at 1227pm Thursday (HST)

 

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

2.40  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
3.18  Poamoho RG 1, Oahu
0.64  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.11  West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.63  Glenwood, Big Island

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

17  Port Allen, Kauai – ESE
23  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu – SE 
28  Keopukaloa, Molokai – SE
17  Lanai 1,  Lanai – NE
32  Na Kula, Maui – E 
30  South Point, 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 northwest

 

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Variable low clouds…high cirrus clouds in the vicinity

 

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  Showers locally…not many at the time of this writing 

 

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

 

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

It’s clear to partly cloudy early this morning here at my location, with a low temperature of 51.5 degrees, and the relative humidity is 85%.

1215pm, just back from playing pickleball in Makawao. It’s partly cloudy here on Maui, and we’ve got an increase in haze early this afternoon.

 

Weather Wit of the day:  Do you know that snow is a great equalizer? No matter how prestigious your neighborhood is, after a snowstorm it becomes skid row.

 

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Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of 828am Thursday:  Quiet weather characterized by stable ESE winds prevails into Monday. Winds then veer to the south and draw north deep tropical moisture setting the stage for wet weather next week.

Hawaii’s Weather Details…as of 828am Thursday: Dry and stable moderate ESE winds continue into early next week. Blocking of the flow by the larger islands will facilitate afternoon sea breeze development over the western end of the state, that will favor clouds and isolated showers each afternoon. Developing land breezes then bring clearing overnight.

Attention then turns to Monday night through the remainder of next week, which may be particularly active. By late this week, the tail-end of a cold front lifting into the Gulf of Alaska is modeled to settle immediately west of the islands, as broad ESE low-level flow persists. Low pressure nestled within the left exit of digging Pacific jet stream will absorb this remnant frontal band, and usher it east into the forecast area as early as Monday night, most likely in the vicinity of Kauai.

Impressive dynamics aloft will develop the front vertically, allowing heavy showers to increase in coverage and intensity along it. At the same time, deep southerly flow transports lots of tropical moisture into the state, deepening the warm cloud layer, providing additional moisture for heavy rain, and enveloping the forecast area in a broad corridor of weak uplift, that will likely produce at least a few pockets of heavy rain well in advance of the front.

Low pressure remains established NW of the state for the entirety of next week, with multiple embedded troughs providing periods of stronger forcing, as the frontal band slowly advances east. On this much, global model consensus is very strong. Clarity on timing for each island and magnitude of rainfall, including potential rain rates, will come during the next few days, as the event draws nearer and especially once it enters the hi-res models window. Worth noting that instability appears marginal-at-best at this time, which should at least mute thunderstorm potential. Regardless, a potentially long-lived flash flood threat is poised to manifest over the islands next week, and possibly into early the following week.

 

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

 

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Hawaii’s Marine Environment…as of 521am Thursday: High pressure situated far to the northeast of the Hawaiian Islands will produce fresh to strong east-southeasterly trade winds. Winds ease slightly Thursday night into Friday as a front passes north of the islands, and winds may even shift southerly just west of Kauai for a time, before fresh to strong east-southeast winds return Friday night. The Small Craft Advisory (SCA) has been extended through Friday evening for most of the waters around the Big Island and Maui, where winds are typically enhanced by terrain interaction.

This general wind pattern is likely to hold through the weekend. Then, a large low pressure system approaching from the west this weekend will stall northwest of the islands beginning early next week. Winds veer more southerly in response to the low`s cold front making a close approach, or even entering the northwest offshore waters, by mid-week. Strong southerly winds will be possible depending on how close the cold front gets to the islands.

Surf along north- and west-facing shores will remain small, as a series of small long- to medium-period west to northwest swells reach the Hawaiian Islands over the next week or so. The current northwest swell is peaking as very little wave energy is being detected from that direction by buoy observations. The forerunners of a small west-northwest swell are anticipated to arrive soon, and peak Friday night, followed by another small northwest swell that maintains the small surf through the weekend. A compact storm-force low, currently just off the coast of Japan, will likely produce another small west-northwest swell early next week.

Choppy east shore surf will remain near seasonal averages, as east-southeasterly trade winds vary minimally over the next few days, with a chance for a slight increase over the weekend. Surf along east facing shores then declines early next week as winds veer southerly. Surf along south facing shores will remain small through the weekend, but may increase and become choppier with the shift to a more southerly wind direction early next week. A small long-period south swell is also possible around Tuesday of next 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:  

Tropical Cyclone 25S…located at approximately 408 NM north-northwest of Broome, Australia – Final Warning

 

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:  Climate Change Pushes Tropical Insects to Their Heat Limit

Up to half of the insects in the Amazon region could be exposed to life-threatening heat levels due to progressive, anthropogenic global warming. This is shown by a recent study by the universities of Würzburg and Bremen.

“Current evaluations of the heat tolerance of insects such as moths, flies, and beetles paint a differentiated – and at the same time alarming – picture,” explains study author Dr. Kim Holzmann, researcher at the Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU).

According to the study, insects’ ability to tolerate high temperatures does not simply adapt to their respective environment. “While species at higher altitudes can increase their heat tolerance, at least in the short term, many lowland species largely lack this ability,” says Holzmann.

Read More: Wurzburg University