The latest update to this website was at 133pm Wednesday (HST)

 

Air Temperatures – The following high temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday…along with these low temperatures Wednesday morning: 

80 – 69  Lihue AP, Kauai
84 – 70  Honolulu AP, Oahu
81 – 69  Molokai AP, Molokai
81 – 67  Kahului AP, Maui 
84 – 73  Kona AP, Hawaii
80 – 68  Hilo AP, Hawaii 

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

1.63  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.62  Pupukea Road, Oahu
0.20  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.02  Lanai
0.97  West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.72  Honaunau, Big Island

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

27  Port Allen, Kauai
42  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
32  Molokai AP, Molokai
27  Lanai 1, Lanai
36  Kahului AP, Maui
31  Upolu AP, Big Island

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. 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 far northwest…thunderstorms far south
(click for larger version)

 


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 Higher clouds remain offshore to the south

 

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Low clouds carried our way on the trade winds

 

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Showers locally

 

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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)

 

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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 Wednesday comments: I’m here at my friend Greg’s place in Sebastopol, CA

Good day everyone, I hope you have a great Wednesday wherever you happen to be spending it.

5am, it’s a cloudy morning with a few light showers, with a low temperature of 48 degrees.

I’ll be taking the drive over into Santa Rosa this morning, as I’m hoping that Pickleball will be happening, and perhaps the courts are dry.

I’m back from playing 5-games of Pickleball, and was happy with the way I played. The weather was cloudy so it was cooler to play, and I didn’t get over-heated…which can happen on hot days out in the sun. I’ll be driving south from Sonoma County back down to my friend Linda’s house in Corte Madera, Marin County this afternoon.

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  Breezy to locally windy trade winds will continue through Friday. Expect enhanced trade wind showers through Thursday morning, as a band of clouds rides through the islands on the trade wind flow.

These showers will mainly fall over windward and mountain slopes, favoring the overnight to early morning hours. Trade wind speeds will decrease slightly this weekend as high pressure weakens to the north, and a low pressure system deepens far northwest.

Hawaii’s Weather Details: Satellite imagery continues to show a long band of unstable clouds embedded in the trade wind flow approaching Hawaii from the east. This unsettled cloud band will produce periods of showers mainly over windward and mountain areas. Expect decreasing shower coverage during the daylight hours. This period of enhanced showers will likely continue through Thursday morning.

Meanwhile, a high pressure system will continue to linger well northeast of the island chain through Friday, producing breezy to locally strong trade winds across our area. Wind speeds may approach Wind Advisory thresholds in some wind favored locations over the Big Island this afternoon into Thursday. However, wind speeds will likely remain just below advisory thresholds for these windier waters.

This high pressure center will drift farther east Friday through Saturday, decreasing wind speeds, as a low pressure system deepens a distance northwest of Kauai. The low at this time remains too far northwest of the islands to impact island weather conditions.

Look for winds to veer to a more east to southeast direction this weekend, and to decrease into more moderate trade wind levels. The weather forecast for this weekend appears fairly dry and sunny, suggesting that we’ll have a favorable weekend for outdoor activities.

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

Marine Environmental Details:  An area of high pressure will meander northeast of the state over the next few days, generating strong to locally near gale trades. The high is forecast to weaken over the weekend, as a deep low develops northwest. A Small Craft Advisory remains in effect for all Hawaiian coastal waters, and will likely need to be extended for all or most waters through Thursday.

Surf heights along all shores will remain below advisory thresholds. A small northwest swell will fill in, and peak Thursday night. Another small northwest pulse will fill in Friday, peak late Friday into Saturday, and subside Sunday.

Choppy, rough surf is expected all week along east facing shores due to persistent trade winds. A slight downtrend in surf is expected along east facing shores over the weekend as trades ease. South facing shores will continue to see small background swell pulses.

 

The best & most beautiful Beaches on Oahu, Hawaii - with map - voyagefox

 

 

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 Oceans: 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:  Severe Drought in Southern Africa

 

A prolonged dry spell in southern Africa in early 2024 scorched crops and threatened food security for millions of people. The drought has been fueled in large part by the ongoing El Nino, which shifted rainfall patterns during the growing season.

From late January through mid-March, parts of Southern Africa received half or less of their typical rainfall, according to researchers at the Climate Hazards Center (CHC) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. February 2024 was especially dry. The map above shows the amount of rainfall during that month, as a percent of normal (from 1981-2024). The map is based on the Climate Hazards Center InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS).

Precipitation would normally be highest from December through February. But CHC researchers analyzing CHIRPS data found that February 2024 was the driest February in the 40-year data record for an area spanning much of Zambia, Zimbabwe, southeastern Angola, and northern Botswana.

The parched conditions came at a critical time when crops need ample water supply for growth and to produce grain. Insufficient rain and high temperatures resulted in crop failure in several countries. By the end of February, maize (corn) crops had withered and died on 1 million hectares in central and southern Zambia—almost half of the country’s maize-growing area.

Read more at NASA Earth Observatory