The latest update to this website was at 550am Thursday (HST)

 

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

2.39  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
3.25  Poamoho RG 1, Oahu
0.72  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.01  Lanai 1, Lanai
0.29  West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.71  Glenwood, Big Island

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

16  Moloaa Dairy, Kauai – SE
27  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu – SE 
29  Makapulapai, Molokai – SE
12  Lanai 1,  Lanai – SE
38  Na Kula, Maui – ENE
25  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 cold front northwest

 

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Variable low clouds…streaky high cirrus clouds in the vicinity

 

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  Showers locally 

 

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

 

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

It’s clear to partly cloudy early this morning here at my location, with a low temperature of 52 degrees, and the relative humidity is 85%.

 

Weather Wit of the day:  Do you know that snow is a great equalizer? No matter how prestigious your neighborhood is, after a snowstorm it becomes skid row.

 

>>> Highest Temperature Wednesday, March 4, 2026 – 93 degrees at Rio Grande Village, TX
>>> Lowest Temperature Thursday, March 5, 2026 – 1 degree at Frenchville, Maine

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of 521am Thursday:  Relatively benign conditions with breezy east to southeast winds will persist through the weekend, as an approaching cold front stalls just west of the islands. This pattern will favor showers along southeast and east-facing slopes, and sea breeze showers, potentially developing within sheltered leeward and interior areas. A strengthening southerly wind flow is anticipated to pull deep tropical moisture northward over the islands next week, bringing an increased chance for a wetter and more unsettled weather pattern.

Hawaii’s Weather Details…as of 521am Thursday:  Weather conditions remain relatively benign with breezy east to southeast winds through the weekend. Overall low-level flow is anticipated to remain east-southeast during this time, leading to showers favoring southeast- and east-facing slopes. Sea and land breezes over sheltered leeward and interior areas are possible, and could result in shower development during the afternoons, followed by clearing at night. Overall rainfall amounts through the weekend are expected to remain light with little impact. Model guidance continues to portray a front stalling just west of the islands this weekend, as it encounters the deep ridge just northeast of the islands.

Things become a bit more interesting by early next week as model guidance continues to support an area of low pressure moving toward the state, resulting in low-level flow veering more southerly and strengthening. This flow is expected to pull tropical moisture northward over the Hawaiian Islands by mid-week next week, persisting through the outlook period. Current model total precipitable water (PWATs) normalized anomalies show nearly three standard deviations above normal, equating to 1.6 to 1.8 inches, respectively. This moist southerly flow, in conjunction with instability associated with nearby upper-level disturbances, could support a wetter and more unsettled pattern through much of next week.

Latest model guidance has shown an improved agreement regarding the overall pattern evolution next week, leading to increased confidence. However, uncertainty remains regarding the exact location of the deepest moisture and the strength of the southerly winds, especially given the long range time frame.

 

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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Hawaii’s Marine Environment…as of 521am Thursday: High pressure situated far to the northeast of the Hawaiian Islands will produce fresh to strong east-southeasterly trade winds. Winds ease slightly Thursday night into Friday as a front passes north of the islands, and winds may even shift southerly just west of Kauai for a time, before fresh to strong east-southeast winds return Friday night. The Small Craft Advisory (SCA) has been extended through Friday evening for most of the waters around the Big Island and Maui, where winds are typically enhanced by terrain interaction.

This general wind pattern is likely to hold through the weekend. Then, a large low pressure system approaching from the west this weekend will stall northwest of the islands beginning early next week. Winds veer more southerly in response to the low`s cold front making a close approach, or even entering the northwest offshore waters, by mid-week. Strong southerly winds will be possible depending on how close the cold front gets to the islands.

Surf along north- and west-facing shores will remain small, as a series of small long- to medium-period west to northwest swells reach the Hawaiian Islands over the next week or so. The current northwest swell is peaking as very little wave energy is being detected from that direction by buoy observations. The forerunners of a small west-northwest swell are anticipated to arrive soon, and peak Friday night, followed by another small northwest swell that maintains the small surf through the weekend. A compact storm-force low, currently just off the coast of Japan, will likely produce another small west-northwest swell early next week.

Choppy east shore surf will remain near seasonal averages, as east-southeasterly trade winds vary minimally over the next few days, with a chance for a slight increase over the weekend. Surf along east facing shores then declines early next week as winds veer southerly. Surf along south facing shores will remain small through the weekend, but may increase and become choppier with the shift to a more southerly wind direction early next week. A small long-period south swell is also possible around Tuesday of next week.

 

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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 25S…located at approximately 408 NM north-northwest of Broome, Australia – Final Warning

 

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:  Climate Change Pushes Tropical Insects to Their Heat Limit

Up to half of the insects in the Amazon region could be exposed to life-threatening heat levels due to progressive, anthropogenic global warming. This is shown by a recent study by the universities of Würzburg and Bremen.

“Current evaluations of the heat tolerance of insects such as moths, flies, and beetles paint a differentiated – and at the same time alarming – picture,” explains study author Dr. Kim Holzmann, researcher at the Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU).

According to the study, insects’ ability to tolerate high temperatures does not simply adapt to their respective environment. “While species at higher altitudes can increase their heat tolerance, at least in the short term, many lowland species largely lack this ability,” says Holzmann.

Read More: Wurzburg University