The latest update to this website was at 950am Saturday (HST)

 

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

0.00  Kauai
0.13  Manoa Lyon Arboretum, Oahu
0.00  Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.02  Puu Kukui, Maui
0.02  Hilo AP, Big Island

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

25  Lihue, Kauai – NE
27  Kii, Oahu – E
28  Makapulapai, Molokai – E 
28  Lanai 1, Lanai – NE
39  Kealaloloa Rg, Maui – NE
36  Pali 2, 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 couple of cold fronts northwest

 

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Low clouds arriving along the windward sides…carried on the chilly north to 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 Saturday 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 38 degrees at my place!

 

Weather Wit of the day: Drought – No rain-no gain

 

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Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview: High pressure far to our northwest will pass north of the islands today, turning our cool northerlies to dry trades. The high will move well northeast of the islands Sunday, causing local background winds to turn southeasterly. Humidity levels will be comfortably low through the holiday weekend.

Very little, if any rainfall is expected for the next couple of days, but a small increase in mainly windward and mountain showers is expected after that. Our next cold front is expected to bring another round of wet weather, that will reach the islands around the middle of next week.

Hawaii’s Weather Details:  Across the island chain, some very isolated light showers, along with some scattered to overcast skies continue. As an upper level ridge axis continues to pass over the state this weekend, dry and stable moderate trades will keep any showers to a minimum. Any that do develop will remain isolated and confined to windward and mountain locations.

Winds will veer southeast Sunday and remain that way through Tuesday. This will bring enhanced moisture and a slight increase in showers, along with warmer temperatures. Late Tuesday, winds will become weak and mainly southerly, as a cold front moves in from the northwest. The front should reach the western half of the state Tuesday night, then slow down, finally reaching the Big Island late Wednesday night or Thursday.

There is significant model spread on whether or not it actually makes it past Big Island and heads away to the east, or stalls and moves back over the state from east to west. That makes this a low confidence forecast from mid-week into next weekend.

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: A high pressure system north of the state will track east over the next couple of days, maintaining stable moderate to locally strong trade winds. The northeasterly winds will becoming more easterly through Sunday. By late Sunday into early next week, winds will weaken and veer southerly, becoming light to gentle by Tuesday, as a cold front approaches from the northwest. This next front could start moving through the coastal waters as early as late Tuesday afternoon.

A fading extra large northwest swell continues to produce high seas above advisory levels. Seas from the swell are expected to drop, thus can expect most waters to drop out of the SCA, expect for typically windy areas around Maui County and the Big Island.

The extra large, medium to long period northwest (320-340 degrees) swell which peaked Friday, continues to fade. Near shore buoys show lots of energy in the 12-16 band range which is why the High Surf Warning was downgraded to a low end High Surf Advisory (HSA) for north facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, and Maui. Surf has declined below advisory levels for west facing shores. This swell will continue to transition to a more northerly direction (350-010 degrees) as it fades.

A moderate northwest swell (320 degree) is expected to arrive Sunday into Sunday night. This swell looks to briefly bring surf heights well above advisory levels for north and west facing shores. Tuesday through through mid-week next week shows a series of overlapping moderate, west-northwest swells that will keep surf along north and west facing shores elevated.

Rough, choppy surf along east facing shores will hold for the next couple of days. Additionally, some east facing shores sensitive to northerly swells may experience a slight uptick in surf heights this weekend, as the fading northwesterly swell becomes more northerly. No noteworthy swells are expected 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 181 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 586 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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