The last update to this website was at 837am (HST) Sunday, May 22, 2022
Air Temperatures – The following high temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Saturday afternoon…along with these low temperatures Sunday morning:
79 – 72 Lihue AP, Kauai
89 – 75 Honolulu AP, Oahu
85 – 71 Molokai AP
89 – 71 Kahului AP, Maui
85 – 73 Kona AP, Hawaii
81 – 68 Hilo AP, Hawaii
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands Sunday morning:
1.63 West Waialeale, Kauai
0.16 St. Stephens, Oahu
0.01 Molokai
0.00 Lanai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.02 Hana AP, Maui
0.33 Waiaha, Big Island
The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph) Sunday morning:
12 Poipu, Kauai
22 Palehua, Oahu
25 Molokai
18 Lanai
22 Kahoolawe
21 Maalaea Bay, Maui
21 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. Here’s the webcam for the (~10,023 feet high) Haleakala Crater on Maui (not currently working). 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.
Thunderstorms far south
Low clouds in the vicinity
Variable clouds
Just a few showers locally and offshore
Model showing precipitation through 8-days (you can slow this animation down)
Please open this link…to see current Watches, Warnings and Advisories noted above
~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~
Glenn’s Sunday comments: I’m here in Corte Madera, California, the low temperature this morning was 41.5 degrees with clear skies.
Another gorgeous morning here in Marin County, as I finish my morning weather work and head out for my morning walk.
Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview: A return of a mostly dry and stable weather pattern, with moderate easterly trade winds is expected through much of the next week.
Clouds and showers will favor windward and mountain locations, mainly overnight through the morning hours.
Trade winds will briefly ease Monday night through mid-week and again next weekend, potentially enough for a localized land and sea breeze regime to become established over portions of the state.
Hawaii’s Weather Details: Models show the moisture axis associated with the old frontal boundary, that brought the much needed rainfall to the western end of the state over the past few days, diminishing and lifting northwestward and away from the state.
This combined with the subtropical ridge shifting northward, and drier air filling in from east to west, will support a more stable trade wind pattern returning for much of the new week.
The ridge will weaken by Tuesday due to a cold front passing by far to the north, which may allow the trades to briefly ease enough for localized land and sea breezes to develop.
The stable environment and dry conditions will limit rainfall chances and any accumulations. A similar scenario is possible next weekend…as a weakness in the ridge forms.
>>> 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. Here’s the animated volcanic emissions graphic
Hawaii’s Marine Conditions: A high to the far northeast of the state will support moderate to strong trades into Monday. A Small Craft Advisory remains in effect for the windier waters and channels around Maui County and the Big Island through Monday afternoon.
The high will weaken slightly during the first half of the week, translating to slightly weaker trades. During the second half of the week, a new high will build north of the area and move east…which will strengthen trades slightly.
Surf heights along south shores will hold near average, then drop below average Monday through mid-week. The next south swell will fill in Thursday through the rest of the new week, bringing above average surf. In the long range, look for above average south shore surf events lasting into early June.
Surf along north and west shores will remain small to flat through Monday. The next northwest swell will generate a ripple for north and west shores late Tuesday into Wednesday, then slowly fade through the rest of the week.
Small, choppy surf will return along east shores into Monday, before subsiding a notch Tuesday and holding through the rest of the week.
World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity
Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
Caribbean: There are no active tropical cyclones
Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclones
Eastern Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclones
Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center (NHC)
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
South Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
North and South Indian Oceans / Arabian Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones
Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)
Interesting: Muskegon Lake Nears Recovery After Years of Restoration
Through a multi-year partnership with the Great Lakes Commission, NOAA has helped restore what was once one of the Great Lakes region’s most degraded areas.
For decades, Michigan’s Muskegon Lake was considered one of the most degraded areas in the Great Lakes region. NOAA and the Great Lakes Commission have partnered since 2008 to restore habitat and improve water quality in the area.
With much of this work nearly finished, Muskegon Lake could soon be removed from the list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern.
This May, NOAA and other partners will celebrate a significant milestone where all management actions necessary to remove the AOC designation are now complete.
In the late 1800s, Muskegon was home to many different industries, including lumber mills, chemical companies, foundries, a coal-fired power plant, and a paper mill.
Over time, these industries filled in the shoreline of the lake and contaminated the water and sediment with compounds such as mercury and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
This resulted in habitat loss and degradation, water quality concerns, and declines in fish and wildlife populations.
In 1987, Muskegon Lake was listed as a Great Lakes Area of Concern, one of 43 “toxic hot spots” in the United States and Canada. Designation as an Area of Concern is based on a list of “beneficial use impairments.”
Continue reading at NOAA Fisheries
Email Glenn James: 
Helen Says:
Aloha Glenn,
Happy to report we are getting some rain up here in Olinda! We are very blessed.
~~~ Hi Helen, great news, this late season rain has been a true blessing for many areas in the state, thanks for letting us know that Olinda is getting into the action too!
Aloha, Glenn
Richard Says:
Hi Glenn,
Thanks for your faithful weather updates from wherever you are.
I’m wondering if you would include in one of your upcoming reports a preview discussion for the upcoming hurricane season in the East and Central Pacific? How will the El Nino status affect it? What other climate factors affect the prediction? etc. Mahalo, Richard in Kula
~~~ Hi Richard, first of all you’re very welcome, I greatly enjoy keeping my website up-to-date on a daily basis, and as you point out…no matter where I am.
As for the upcoming hurricane season in the eastern and central Pacific:
Here’s a very preliminary look at what might be the trend for our upcoming 2022 hurricane season.
First of all, this is the latest ENSO outlook from the Climate Prediction Center/NCEP/NWS: La Niña is favored to continue into the Northern Hemisphere summer (53% chance during June-August 2022), with a 40-50% chance of La Niña or ENSO-neutral thereafter.
Simply put, El Niño favors stronger hurricane activity in the central and eastern Pacific basins, and suppresses it in the Atlantic basin. Conversely, La Niña suppresses hurricane activity in the central and eastern Pacific basins, and enhances it in the Atlantic basin.
Thus, it appears that the Atlantic hurricane season could be more active than normal, while the eastern and central Pacific could be less active than normal.
That’s about as far as I’d like to go in this unofficial potential outlook Richard, I hope it will be sufficient to address your good question.
Aloha, Glenn
Bett Bidleman Says:
How ironic, Glenn, if a small number of Africans are the only humans to survive a nuclear bomb holocaust. Our species began there. It may well be reliant on our origins for people there to once again perpetuate Homo sapiens.
But of course this data is to urge all people to find a solution to the current threat. This is no time for complacency.
~~~ Hi Bett, thanks very much for your astute comment, and I totally agree with your assessment…this is not a time for complacency!
Aloha, Glenn
EricaRainhart Says:
Aloha Glen!
Your talent dear man of the weather,
includes posting excellent vision photographic
images of our shores & sky home!
Please can you repost the sunrise lit colors –
Black Sand beach waves of yesterday’s report?(3.22.22) Malama pono Mahalo Aloha
~~~ Hi Erica, thanks for your generous praise…I greatly appreciate that! As for your request to re-post the picture you saw on my website, I’m wondering if this picture is the one you’re referring to? I hope so…
Aloha, Glenn
Robert Says:
Aloha Glenn, I really enjoy your weather commentary. Maybe I missed a prior discussion, but what are the reasons for our especially dry conditions that past Winter and going forward?
~~~ Hi Robert, thanks for your positive comment about my weather commentaries. As for why we continue to have dry weather, the long and short of it is that we continue to have blocking high pressure systems between here and the west coast. This acts as a buffer for rainy weather, in terms of cold fronts that often penetrate into the islands from the mid-latitudes.
These blocking high’s to the northeast, have associated ridges, which extend down into the area north and northwest of Hawaii. The ridges shunt rain bearing cold fronts by to our north, or stall them before arriving here in the state. I hope this overly simplified explanation helps some. Let’s hope that we get some rain before we get into our dry summer season!
Aloha, Glenn