The latest update to this website was at 855am Thursday (HST)

 

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

78 – 71  Lihue AP, Kauai
82 – 71  Honolulu AP, Oahu
81 – 70  Molokai AP, Molokai
82 – 67  Kahului AP, Maui 
84 – 73  Kona AP, Hawaii
82 – 68  Hilo AP, Hawaii 

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

3.26  Kilohana, Kauai
2.34  Schofield East, Oahu
0.46  Molokai 1, Molokai
0.20  Lanai City, Lanai
3.43  Puu Kukui, Maui
1.44  Honolii Stream, Big Island

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

30  Lihue, Kauai
40  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
38  Makapulapai, Molokai
35  Lanai 1, Lanai
36  Maalaea Bay, Maui
37  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.

 

https://weather.gc.ca/data/satellite/goes_gwdisk11_1070_100.jpg

Big Blue…click twice for largest version

 

https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES17/ABI/SECTOR/tpw/13/GOES17-TPW-13-900x540.gif 

A cold front far northwest
(click for larger version)

 


https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES17/ABI/SECTOR/hi/GEOCOLOR/GOES17-HI-GEOCOLOR-600x600.gif

 Higher clouds remain offshore to the south

 

https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES17/ABI/SECTOR/hi/13/GOES17-HI-13-600x600.gif

Low clouds carried our way on the trade winds

 

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/HAWAII_loop.gif

Showers locally…especially windward slopes

 

https://www.weather.gov/images/hfo/satellite/Kauai_VIS_loop.gif

Kauai and Oahu (Satellite)

 

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/PHKI_loop.gif

Kauai and Oahu (Radar)

 

https://www.weather.gov/images/hfo/satellite/Oahu-Maui_VIS_loop.gif

Oahu and Maui County (Satellite)

 

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/PHMO_loop.gif

Oahu and Maui County (Radar)

 

https://www.weather.gov/images/hfo/satellite/Hawaii_VIS_loop.gif

 Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, and the Big Island (Satellite)

 

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/PHKM_loop.gif

Maui County and the Big Island (Radar)

 

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/PHWA_loop.gif

Big Island (Radar)

 

Model showing precipitation through 8-days (you can slow this animation down)

 

https://www.weather.gov/wwamap/png/hfo.png 

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

 

 

https://www.weather.gov/images/hfo/graphics/pmsl.gif

 

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

Glenn’s Thursday comments: I’m here at my friend Linda’s place in Corte Madera, CA

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

408am, it’s a partly cloudy morning, with a low temperature of 55 degrees.

 

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

These showers will decrease in coverage later this afternoon, as the band drifts west of the island chain. Trade wind speeds will decrease slightly Friday into the weekend, as the high pressure ridge to the north weakens, and a low pressure system deepens far northwest of the state.

Hawaii’s Weather Details: Satellite imagery shows a lingering band of showers drifting through the islands on the trade winds. Expect enhanced showers to last through this morning, with rainfall amounts favoring windward and mountain slopes. These extra showers should ease up by mid-morning, as more stable clouds will fill into the Hawaii area from the east.

Wind speeds will continue at moderate to locally windy levels into Friday morning. The high pressure system northeast of the state will drift farther towards the east. A surface low will also deepen far northwest of Kauai. The forward motion on the low northwest of the islands stalls as it pushes up against the ridge.

The movement of these two surface pressure systems will weaken the high pressure ridge north of the island chain, and decrease wind speeds from Friday afternoon into Saturday, with more moderate trade winds lasting into the first half of next week.

Next week’s weather starts with a moderate east to southeast wind flow and fairly dry conditions on Monday and Tuesday. Breezy easterly trade winds with brief passing showers may return from Tuesday night onward.

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:  A high northeast of the state will slowly drift eastward over the next several days. This feature will help generate strong to locally near gale east-northeasterly trade winds across the islands through Thursday. By Friday, the high is forecast to weaken, as low pressure develops well northwest of Hawaii.

In response, easterly winds will gradually weaken to light to moderate, and shift slightly out of the east-southeast by the weekend into early next week. A Small Craft Advisory remain in effect for all Hawaiian coastal waters through Thursday. Beyond Thursday, this advisory may need to be extended for some of the typical windier waters of Maui County and the Big Island.

Surf heights will remain below advisory thresholds for all shores. Offshore buoys are showing signs of the new northwest swell filling in. Expect surf to rise locally, peaking Thursday night. Another small northwest pulse will enter the waters Friday night, peak Saturday, and subside Sunday. Expect these swells to produce small surf along north and northwest facing beaches.

Persistent trades will continue to produce choppy, rough surf through the rest of the week along east facing beaches. By this weekend, weakening trades will allow this surf to lower and hold into early next week. Small background southerly swell will lead to small surf along south facing beaches.

 

10 Best Beaches in Maui - Which Maui Beach is Right For You? – Go Guides

 

 

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:  No Bull: How Creating Less-Gassy Cows Could Help Fight Climate Change

 

A Curtin University study has revealed breeding less-flatulent cows and restoring agricultural land could significantly reduce rising methane emission levels, which play a considerable role in climate change.

The food system, including grazing animals such as cows, generates major sources of methane mainly due to cattle digestion, manure decomposition and land use for grazing.

To look for solutions, researchers from the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute analyzed 27 academic publications and identified dozens of potential strategies to reduce methane emissions from Australia’s beef and dairy sectors.

Study lead Merideth Kelliher said the fastest way to lower methane emissions would be to convert farmland into wetlands and forests, however there was a lot of scope for improvement by altering the operations of the dairy and beef sectors.

Read more at Curtin University