The latest update to this website was at 610am Sunday (HST)

 

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

0.05  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.01  Lyon, Oahu
0.01  Kamalo, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.04  Puu Kukui, Maui
0.02  Waikoloa, Big Island

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

20  Moloaa Dairy, Kauai – SE
32  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu – SE
35  Makapulapai, Molokai – E 
08  Lanai 1,  Lanai –  NE
39  Na Kula, Maui – ESE
37  Kawaihae Rd, 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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 An approaching cold front northwest

 

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Low clouds arriving along the windward sides…carried on the chilly northeast winds

 

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Very few showers 

 

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 with some cloudy areas early this morning, with a very cold low temperature of 42 degrees at my place. 

 

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Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  Trades will give way to southeast winds later today, as an upper level ridge axis moves across the state. Showers will be light and mainly in windward and mountain areas. A weakening cold front will move into the western part of the state Wednesday, but confidence is low on how far into the state it will get. Rainfall chances will increase in western counties Wednesday through Friday, and perhaps throughout the state. There is a chance that increased showers could linger through next weekend.

Hawaii’s Weather Details:  Satellite showed areas of low clouds moving toward the state from the east-northeast under the influence of trade winds this morning. There was just enough moisture for isolated light showers moving into some windward areas, but any precipitation amounts will be light, a few hundredths of an inch at most.

A surface high several hundred miles to our northeast will move farther northeast today, helping to shift our winds around to the southeast. This will begin to increase warmth and moisture into the coming week. Showers will increase slightly later today, and a little bit more Monday and Tuesday.

Things change more significantly Wednesday, when a front will approach from the northwest. Driven by an upper level trough, reaching Kauai County Wednesday morning, then Oahu in the afternoon, and Maui County in the evening. Models diverge at this point, with important differences. Models show some solutions taking the front through Big Island, while others stall it and begin to move it back to the west.

But the speed at which it moves back west, and the amount of moisture associated with the remains of the front, vary amongst the model solutions. At this point, all we can really say is that the chance of precipitation increases from west to east across the state Wednesday into Thursday, with an increased chance of showers likely remaining elevated over some parts of the state beyond Thursday.

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:  High pressure to the north of the state will continue to move to the east as a cold front moves towards the islands. With the high pressure to the north, moderate to locally strong trade winds will continue. As the cold front advances to the east towards the islands, winds will weaken and veer to the southeast. The front is expected to enter the offshore waters Tuesday, and will bring the possibility of thunderstorms to the northern offshore waters Tuesday through Thursday. The front is expected to reach the northwest coastal waters late Tuesday, and move over the central waters Wednesday, where it will linger during the second half of the week.

The new moderate, long period, northwest swell has reached the buoys to the northwest of the islands, and will reach Kauai. This swell will cause surf to rise rapidly along north and west facing shores. A High Surf Advisory (HSA) has been posted for the effected shores of the smaller islands. This swell is expected to peak in the islands, with surf dropping below HSA levels tonight. Another moderate, long period, northwest swell is expected to arrive in the islands Tuesday, and linger through the middle of the week. This swell will maintain elevated surf along north and west facing shores.

The moderate to locally strong trade winds will maintain rough and choppy surf along east facing shores. Additionally, some east facing shores sensitive to northerly swells may be experiencing a slight increase in surf heights as a fading north swell lingers. As winds weaken and veer to the southeast ahead of the incoming front, surf will lower along east facing shores. There are no noteworthy swells for the next few days for south facing shores.

 

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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:  

Tropical Cyclone 01W (Nokaen) is located approximately 276 NM east of Manila, Philippines

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Southwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones 

North Indian Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones 

 

South Indian Ocean:

Tropical Cyclone 14S (Dudzai) is located approximately 435 NM east of Port Louis, Mauritius

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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

 

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Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural areas in greater quantities than in cities, researchers say.

The study, led by the University of Leeds, detected up to 500 microscopic particles of plastic per square metre per day in an area of woodland during the three-month study – almost twice as much as in a sample collected in a city centre.

Researchers believe trees and other vegetation capture airborne microplastic particles from the atmosphere and deposit them, highlighting the impact that different landscape and weather conditions have on the spread of the particles.

And they say that these unexpected results challenge the assumption that microplastic pollution is mainly an urban problem.

Read More: University of Leeds

Image: Wytham Woods, a 1,000-acre site of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire, where microplastics were detected in greater numbers than in urban areas