The latest update to this website was at 558pm Wednesday (HST)

 

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

1.57  Kilohana, Kauai
0.64  Palisades, Oahu
0.57   Puu Alii, Molokai
0.04   Lanai City, Lanai
2.79  West Wailuaiki, Maui 
4.44  Kawainui Stream, Big Island

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

30  Port Allen, Kauai – E
39  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu – E
35  Makapulapai, Molokai – E
39  Lanai 1,  Lanai – NE
48  Na Kula , Maui – E 
39  Waikoloa, Big Island – ENE

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 cold front is located well to the northwest…thunderstorms far south

 

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Partly to mostly cloudy across the state 

 

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Rain showers locally…a few are heavy over the offshore waters 

 

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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 Wednesday comments:  I’m here at home in upper Kula, Maui

It’s very foggy early this morning here at my place, with calm winds, and a low temperature of 57.5 degrees at my place, and the relative humidity is 87%.

1253pm, it’s partly to mostly cloudy here in Maui County, with the trade wind speeds gradually coming down in strength.

515pm, it’s very hazy here on Maui, with partly cloudy skies, and still gusty winds along the windward sides…with some passing showers windward as well.

 

Weather Wit of the day:  Slippery Roads – Something which can give you an auto-body experience

 

>>> Highest Temperature Wednesday, February 11, 2026 – 86 near Linn, TX
>>> Lowest Temperature Wednesday, February 11, 2026 – minus 8 near Indus, MN

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of 351pm Wednesday:  Strong high pressure north of the Hawaiian Islands will maintain breezy to locally windy trades supporting windward and mountain showers. As the high begins to drift farther east, trades will ease to moderate to breezy levels, persisting through the rest of the week. Some models are hinting at unsettled weather returning to the islands by the weekend, but strengthening trades with periods of windward and mountain showers is looking like the more likely outcome for the weekend into early next week.

Hawaii’s Weather Details…as of 351pm Wednesday: With strong high pressure positioned to the northeast of the island chain, and a trough of low pressure well to the west, breezy to locally windy trade winds will persist. As the high gradually drifts farther east, the pressure gradient will relax slightly, allowing trades to ease to moderate to breezy levels tonight through Friday. This will allow a more typical trade wind pattern to persist through the end of the work week, bringing periods of enhanced showers and increased clouds to windward and mountain locations.

Radar and satellite imagery show isolated showers moving into windward and mountain areas, with deeper moisture expected to remain focused near the Big Island. This moisture is expected to remain deep enough to support wintry precipitation at the Big Island summits. Temperatures at the summits, which are slightly above freezing this afternoon, are expected to drop below freezing again this evening, favoring additional snowfall accumulations and the potential for freezing fog. A Winter Weather Advisory has been extended through early Thursday morning to account for these potential continued impacts.

Looking ahead to the weekend and early next week, models continue to advertise a low developing west of the state that eventually becomes absorbed by a larger system to the northwest. There`s some deep moisture tied to this setup, but for now, guidance keeps most of it west of the islands. Instead, the more likely outcome is strengthening trade winds across the state, along with a few rounds of enhanced moisture from decayed fronts drifting in from the east, bringing off and on increased shower activity.

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

High Surf  Advisory until 6am Thursday for Olomana- Kahoolawe-Maui Windward West-Kauai East-East Honolulu-Koolau Windward-Molokai Windward-Molokai Southeast-Windward Haleakala- Kipahulu-South Haleakala-Big Island Southeast-Big Island East- Big Island North.

Winter Weather Advisory until 6am Thursday for Big Island Summits.

Small Craft Advisory until 6pm Thursday for all Hawaiian waters

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Hawaii’s Marine Environment:  Seas have remained high due to the strong trade wind fetch from the last several days. As a result, the High Surf Advisory (HSA) for east facing shores has been extended. Seas should be on the decrease, and will likely fall close to shore by this afternoon, which would allow the HSA to be dropped. That being said, high seas are expected to linger over some of the coastal waters, a factor in the extension of the Small Craft Advisory (SCA). The SCA was expanded to include all coastal waters, and extended through Thursday due to a combination of winds and seas. Winds are expected to remain above SCA through the remainder of the week, and a new swell Friday afternoon/night will bring additional SCA level seas to exposed coastal waters.

A strong high pressure system far north of the Hawaiian Islands will continue to slowly drift eastward over the next few days. This has already resulted in fresh to strong trades, that are expected to persist into the weekend.

As mentioned above, the HSA for east facing shores has been extended. Even as surf falls below HSA levels, elevated surf heights along east facing shores will keep rough conditions in the forecast just below surf advisory thresholds into Friday.

Small to medium northwest swells will continue through the week, with smaller surf lingering in the forecast along north and west facing shores for the foreseeable future. A short-lived northwest swell arriving Friday afternoon will help to boost seas for exposed northern coastal waters. Small background medium period south swell energy, will keep surf heights along the south facing shores on the tiny side lasting into early next week.

Thunderstorms remain a possibility in the offshore waters to the west and northwest of the Hawaiian coastal waters, due to an upper level trough in the area. While this upper level feature is expected to weaken over the next couple of days, a new developing mid to upper level trough moving in from the northwest will maintain the possibility for thunderstorms through the weekend.

 

Breezy Beachfront Bali-Style Haven 180 Degree OceanView, Hauula (updated prices 2026)



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 159 NM west of Antananarivo, Madagascar

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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:  Boreal Forests Are Shifting North

The boreal forest—the world’s largest terrestrial biome—is warming faster than any other forest type. To understand the changing dynamics of boreal forests, Feng et al., 2026 analyzed the biome from 1985 to 2020, leveraging the longest and highest-resolution satellite record of calibrated tree cover to date. The study, published in February in Biogeosciences with four co-authors from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, confirms a northward shift in boreal forest cover over the past four decades.

Landsat imagery played a central role in this study: the researchers applied machine learning to process 224,026 scenes collected by Landsats 4, 5, 7, and 8 to create annual, 30-meter resolution maps of tree cover across the entire boreal biome. They downscaled and extended calibrated MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields data to 30-meter resolution, creating a 36-year time series (1984-2020) that provided unprecedented spatial detail for tracking forest changes.

The analysis revealed that boreal forests both grew in size and moved northward. The forests expanded by 0.844 million km² (a 12% increase) and shifted northward by 0.29° mean latitude, with gains concentrated between 64-68°N. Their work also showcased the capacity of new growth to act as a carbon sink. Young boreal forests (up to 36 years) hold an estimated 1.1-5.9 petagrams of carbon (Pg C) with potential to sequester an additional 2.3-3.8 Pg C if allowed to mature. Landsat’s long time series of highly calibrated data allows researchers to study how ecosystems shift over decades, a crucial insight into our changing world.

Read more at: NASA