The latest update to this website was at 4pm Saturday (HST)

 

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

3.59  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.40  Kamananui Stream, Oahu
0.32  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.86  West Wailuaiki, Maui 
0.55  Waiaha Stream, Big Island

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

32  Port Allen, Kauai – SE
31  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu – ESE
36  Molokai AP, Molokai – ENE
35  Lanai 1,  Lanai – NE
39  Na Kula, Maui – SE 
37  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 trough to the south, with a cold front further northwest 

 

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Well developed cumulus clouds south…high clouds over the state

 

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  Showers locally 

 

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

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

It’s mostly clear early this morning here at my place, with calm winds, and a low temperature of 48.5 degrees at my place, and the relative humidity is 79%.

335pm, it’s quite cloudy here in Maui County, although dry here in upper Kula, with some drizzle and showers over along the windward sides.

 

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! 

Bold Red Hearts

 

Weather Wit of the day:  Warehouse – The cry of a person lost in a blizzard

 

>>> Highest Temperature Saturday, February 14, 2026 – 93 at Rio Grande Village, TX
>>> Lowest Temperature Saturday, February 14, 2026 – minus 9 near Whitefield, NH

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of 352m Saturday: Trade winds will strengthen Sunday into Monday, then persist through much of the week, bringing periods of showers to mainly windward and mauka locations. A Wind Advisory has been issued for the typically windier higher terrain areas, passes, and areas immediately south through west of mountains across all islands for Sunday through Sunday night.

Hawaii’s Weather Details…as of 352pm Saturday: Radar and satellite imagery this afternoon show isolated showers moving into most windward areas on moderate to breezy trade winds, with a slightly higher concentration of low clouds and showers affecting windward portions of the Big Island and Maui. The motion of these clouds and showers indicates the low-level steering flow has taken on a subtle southeasterly component, a pattern that is expected to persist over the next several days even as surface trade winds remain generally easterly. In addition, patches of high-level cirrus continue to stream overhead from the west, which could make for a particularly dynamic sunset this evening.

Looking ahead, a robust 1045 mb surface high far north of the state will drift south-southeastward through the weekend, positioned between two areas of low pressure – one north of Midway and another off the California coast. As this pattern evolves, the pressure gradient across the main Hawaiian Islands will tighten, leading to strengthening trade winds. The moderate to breezy trades observed today are expected to become windy and gusty on Sunday, especially as a band of enhanced moisture moves through the area. This moisture plume, currently evident on satellite imagery roughly 400 miles to the east, is forecast to arrive tomorrow on the strengthening trade wind flow. Its arrival will likely increase windward and mauka cloud cover and shower activity, while also enhancing the potential for stronger gusts to mix down within showers.

Given the combination of a strengthening pressure gradient and the added contribution from convective mixing within showers, the main short-term concern is whether winds will reach Wind Advisory criteria. Recent high-resolution model guidance continues to support advisory-level winds (sustained speeds near or above 30 mph and/or gusts exceeding 50 mph) particularly across the typically windier areas. As a result, a Wind Advisory has been issued for these zones beginning tomorrow and continuing through tomorrow night, though an extension may be needed. The strongest gusts are expected across the eastern end of the state.

Breezy to locally windy trade winds are expected to persist through at least midweek, bringing periodic increases in clouds and showers to windward and mauka locations.

For the latter half of the week into the weekend, discrepancies between the GFS and ECMWF gradually increase. Regardless, a trade wind pattern looks to persist across the state with windward and mauka focused showers, and trade wind speeds are expected to ease slightly.

 

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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Small Craft Advisory until 6am Monday for all Hawaiian waters

Hawaii’s Marine Environment…as of 319am Saturday: Strong high pressure far north of the state will continue to produce rough conditions into next week. Trade winds are expected to gradually strengthen through Sunday, when we could see gales over the windier waters and channels around Maui County. A Small Craft Advisory (SCA) has been extended for all coastal waters, due to a combination of winds and seas through Sunday night. A Gale Watch may be needed for the Alenuihaha Channel on Sunday and possibly the Pailolo Channel this afternoon.

The current small, medium period northwest swell will continue to hold before a gradual decrease is expected through Sunday. Minimal energy is expected from the northwest during the first half of next week, although select exposures should see some wind swell.

Surf along east facing shores will continue to build over all waters this weekend and early next week, due to the persistent strong trades locally and upstream of the islands. Surf heights look to stay just below High Surf Advisory but may reach that criteria Sunday.

Surf along south shores remains small with some background trade wind swell for select exposures through the forecast period.

 

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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 21S (Gezani)…is located approximately 297 NM southwest of Europa Island

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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

 

Interesting:  Avian Malaria Widespread Across Hawai?i Bird Communities, New UH Study Finds

A new study led by a University of Hawaii at M?noa researcher shows that avian malaria can be transmitted by nearly all forest bird species in Hawaii, helping explain why the disease is present almost everywhere mosquitoes are found across the islands.

The research, published in Nature Communications, found avian malaria at 63 of 64 sites tested statewide, including areas with very different bird communities. The disease, caused by generalist parasite Plasmodium relictum, is a major driver of population declines and extinctions in native Hawaiian honeycreepers.

“Avian malaria has taken a devastating toll on Hawaii’s native forest birds, and this study shows why the disease has been so difficult to contain,” said Christa M. Seidl, mosquito research and control coordinator for the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project, who conducted this research as part of her PhD at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “When so many bird species can quietly sustain transmission, it narrows the options for protecting native birds and makes mosquito control not just helpful, but essential.”

Read More: University of Hawaii at Manoa