Glenn James
Hawaii Weather Today
Creator, Author, and Administrator for 30 years

 

The latest update to this website was at 115pm Monday afternoon HST


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

2.68  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
1.44  Schofield East, Oahu
0.24  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.08  Lanai City, Lanai
0.96  Puu Kukui, Maui
1.11  Kawainui Stream, Big Island


The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph) Monday afternoon:

23  Lihue, Kauai – NE
33  Kuaokala, Oahu – NE
29  Molokai AP, Molokai – NE 
24  Lanai 1, Lanai – NE
50  Na Kula, Maui – ESE
42  Pali 2, Big Island – NE


Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of our tallest mountain Mauna Kea (~13,800 feet high) on the Big Island of Hawaii. Here’s the webcam for the (~10,023 feet high) Haleakala Crater 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 far northwest…thunderstorm far south

 

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Variable low clouds 

 

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Localized showers 

 

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

It’s mostly clear with some clouds along the windward sides here in Maui County, with calm winds at my place, and with a low temperature of 51 degrees and the relative humidity is 83%


>>> Highest Temperature Sunday, June 7, 2026 – 111 at Rio Grande Village, TX
>>> Lowest Temperature Monday, June 8, 2026 – 21 degrees near White Sulphur Springs, MT

 

>>> Interesting Web blog:  Mauka Showers…Central North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Tracks in Strong El Niño Summers

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of Monday afternoon: Breezy trades will gradually weaken to moderate speeds by the latter half of the week. Periodic showers will filter in on the trade wind flow, mainly focusing over windward and mountain areas through mid-week. By the weekend, the wind flow may become light enough to support land and sea breeze development, and showers may increase in some leeward areas.

Weather Details for the Hawaiian Islands…as of Monday afternoon: An area of showers extended from Kauai County and Oahu east into the open waters this morning, and light showers have been frequent visitors to those islands. Maui County and the Big Island have been mostly dry. This pattern should continue, especially over Kauai County, as satellite shows additional clouds capable of producing showers headed that way. The trade wind inversion is expected to remain around 7,000 feet today, resulting in fairly stable conditions and no heavy rain is forecast.

With high pressure at the surface off to our northeast, trade winds will continue today and for several more days. The pressure gradient will begin to weaken Wednesday night into Thursday, and remain weak through the weekend, leading to lighter wind speeds. This in turn will allow for a hybrid pattern of weak trade winds combined with sea and land breezes. And sea breezes during the day usually lead to an increase in afternoon clouds and showers over leeward areas.

Otherwise, the long range forecast calls for a return to stronger trades early next week. There are no tropical systems within range of the islands, and none expected over the next seven days (at least). Finally, models remain consistent in showing a cold front approaching the state from the northwest this coming weekend, although the moist band associated with it isn’t expected to reach us.

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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 / Looping Surface Precipitation…through the next 8-days / Vog Map

 

Marine Environmental Conditions…as of Monday afternoon: Surface high pressure will remain anchored far northeast of the islands through early this week. A Small Craft Advisory (SCA), remains in effect for the typical windy waters around Maui and the Big Island until 6pm tonight. By mid-week, a ridge north of the islands associated with the high will be weakened and depressed southward, resulting in even weaker trades. As the ridge shifts further south, it will eventually end up near the Hawaiian Islands by Friday or Saturday, which will bring light and variable winds across the area towards the end of the week.

Small long-period south swell continue to fill in this morning. Energy from this swell is expected to peak later today into tomorrow, and bump up surf to slightly higher than the June averages, but still below advisory criteria. This swell is expected to fade through mid-week. A smaller pulse of south-southwest swell is due late Thursday and Friday, and a more significant south- southwest swell is on track to arrive by the weekend, likely bringing advisory level surf by late Sunday along south facing shores.

The combination of a large south-southwest swell coinciding with the peak monthly tides will lead to significant wave runup across areas of the shore that typically remain dry during the afternoon high tide cycle from June 14th through June 16th. Coastal flooding is also expected across low-lying coastal roadways, docks, boat ramps and other coastal infrastructure.

Small background energy from the west-northwest is possible over the next several days, from a former Typhoon in the West Pacific last week.

Rough surf along east-facing shores will remain around seasonal averages, slowly declining through mid-week as the trades ease. Surf will drop well below seasonal levels along east facing shores by the end of the week.

 

Maui Best Beach


World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity


>>> Here’s a link to the latest Pacific Disaster Center’s Weather Wall


>>> Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.

>>> Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.

>>> Gulf of America: There are no active tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.

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

 

>>> Eastern Pacific: 

Tropical Cyclone 02E (Boris) 

BORIS BRINGING FLOODING RAINS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO

According to the NHC advisory number 7…Amanda is located about 115 south-southeast of Acapulco, Mexico

Boris is moving toward the northeast near 3 mph and a turn toward the north is expected later today followed by a turn to the northwest on Tuesday. On the forecast track, the center of Boris should reach the coast of Guerrero, Mexico, by early Tuesday. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast until landfall. Rapid weakening will occur after the center crosses the coast of southern Mexico. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles from the center.

 

 

>>> Offshore of Central America:

Tropical Cyclone 03E (Cristina) 

TROPICAL STORM CRISTINA MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA

According to the NHC advisory number 3…TC 03E is located about 100 west of Managua, Nicaragua

Cristina is moving toward the north near 6 mph and a turn toward the northwest is expected this evening or Tuesday morning. The system is forecast to parallel the coast through Thursday. On the forecast track, Cristina should move near or along the coast of Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador through Tuesday. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph with higher gusts. Some gradual strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles from the center.

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

 

>>> Central Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclone

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.

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 Oceans / Arabian Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones

Here’s the link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)



Interesting:  Research Team Seeks Answers from a Changing River

Dan Gillikin surveyed the view from his front window and didn’t like what he saw.

The Aniak River, which runs alongside his house, was a jumble of car-sized chunks of ice. Breakup on the nearby Kuskokwim River had pushed a frozen snarl down the Aniak, making it impassable.

“I’m basically looking at Armageddon right now,” he said, describing the scene by phone in early May.

Before Gillikin bought an old homestead at the mouth of the Aniak River about 15 years ago, he wondered how isolated the property would become each spring from the nearby village of Aniak. Locals said he could count on being stranded for 3-5 days while the river transitioned from ice to water.

Read More: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Image: The Aniak River outside Dan Gillikin’s house is choked with chunks of ice during a slow breakup on May 10, 2026.