The latest update to this website was at 824pm Wednesday evening

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

86 – 75  Lihue AP, Kauai
89 – 77  Honolulu AP, Oahu
87 – 75  Molokai AP
91 – 68  Kahului AP, Maui – record 95 Wednesday
87 – 76  Kona AP, Hawaii
83 – 69  Hilo AP, Hawaii 

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

0.50  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.22  Moanalua RG, Oahu
0.00  Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.34  West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.79  Waiakea Uka, Big Island

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

20  Waimea Heights, Kauai
35  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
21  Molokai AP, Molokai
27  Lanai 1, Lanai
29  Maalaea Bay, Maui
28  Pali 2, 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. 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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 Thunderstorms in the deeper tropics…Tropical Cyclone 13E (Kenneth) is far east (no threat to Hawaii)
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 Low clouds carried our way on the trade winds…upper level cirrus arriving from the west

 

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Variably cloudy across the state…lots of clear areas

 

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Passing showers locally

 

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Kauai and Oahu (Satellite)

 

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Kauai and Oahu (Radar)

 

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Oahu and Maui County (Satellite)

 

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Oahu and Maui County (Radar)

 

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

 

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Maui County and the Big Island (Radar)

 

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Big Island (Radar)

 

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

 

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Please open this link…to see current Watches, Warnings and Advisories noted above

 

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~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

Glenn’s Wednesday comments: I’m staying with friends here in Haiku, Maui, Hawaii

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

It’s partly cloudy this morning here in Haiku, Hawaii…with off and on showers. The low temperature was 67 degrees.

I have been evacuated from my house, and I’m now in Haiku at some friends. When I went up to my area in upper Kula I found that the cottage right next door burned, and houses just below me burned! Fortunately, I also found my house standing, with no damage other than lots of ash and soot inside and out. I’m safe with friends, and will wait to go back when I get done cleaning out of my house.

I’ve been taken in by some very good friends who live out along the windward side of east Maui. They own an 8 acre piece of land, with all kinds of tropical vegetation. I have my own little office in the barn, and my own sleeping room. So, I’m settled in, and brought all my food here from the refrigerator in Kula. Sharon and Paul are both professionals, and we get along very well…as we’ve known each other for decades and decades.

5pm, mostly sunny here in Haiku, with the trade winds having increased a notch, with a gust up near 40 mph at Maalaea Bay here on Maui.

824pm, we just had a brief shower here in Haiku, and the temperature is a reasonably comfortable 68.1 degrees. The growing moon is pretty, as it shows up between cloud patches tonight.


Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  Locally breezy easterly trade winds will continue, and then strengthen slightly Thursday and Friday. Trade winds may ease this weekend into early next week, as a ridge far north of the state weakens.

Trade wind clouds and showers will favor windward and mountain locations, especially during the overnight through morning hours, with minor fluctuations as pockets of moisture moves through. High clouds will stream overhead at times…especially across the western islands.

Hawaii’s Weather Details: Weather maps show high pressure far northeast, which is generating breezy easterly trades locally. An upper level trough far west of the state is producing west-southwesterly flow aloft, streaming scattered high clouds over the state.

The high will shift eastward and weaken, as a cold front far north of the state, tracks east-southeast Thursday. At the same time, another high will build far north of the state, behind the front and shift southward. The gradient over the state will tighten, allowing trades to strengthen briefly late Thursday and Friday into the breezy range.

High clouds will continue to move over the islands throughout the week, though they may thin or diminish by Friday, as the upper level trough propagates far west of the state. The trade wind inversion may erode as early as Thursday into the weekend, due to the combination of increasing pockets of moisture riding along with the trades.

A strong low pressure system will develop far northeast of the state, pushing the high west, easing the winds Sunday into early next week…back into to moderate range. During this time, an upper level ridge will build back over the state, which prompt the return of a more normal to dry trade wind cloud and shower pattern.

>>> Here’s a near real-time Wind Profile of the Pacific Ocean – along with a Closer View of the islands  / Here’s the Volcanic emissions (Vog) map

Marine Environmental Conditions:  Fresh to strong easterly trade winds will persist through the week, which supports the Small Craft Advisory in effect for the windier channels and waters surrounding Maui County and the Big Island. This advisory may need to be expanded to other waters late Thursday through Saturday as the pressure gradient tightens over the state. Guidance depicts a weakness forming in the ridge far north-northeast of the area by the end of the weekend, which could result in the trades easing Sunday through Monday.

Surf along south facing shores will remain up through the week, as overlapping south to southwest swells move through. The current swell will linger through Thursday, then begin to ease into the weekend. A similar southwest pulse is expected over the weekend.

Surf along north and west facing shores could come up slightly over the weekend, as a north-northwest swell arrives. Otherwise, trade wind wrap into some northern exposures will be the only source for surf this week.

Surf along east facing shores will remain choppy through the week due to the local and upstream trade winds.

 

MOANA / OCEAN - XXL HAMMOCK — Hangloose Hammocks Hawaii

 

 

World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity

 

Atlantic Ocean

Tropical Cyclone 15L (Nigel)…is located about 550 miles south-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland

NIGEL ACCELERATES NORTHEASTWARD

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According to the NHC advisory number 23…

Nigel is moving toward the northeast near 25 mph and is expected to accelerate northeastward over the next day or two. Maximum sustained winds are near 90 mph with higher gusts. Weakening is forecast during the next couple of days, and Nigel is forecast to become a post-tropical cyclone by Friday. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 160 miles.

>>> Eastern Tropical Atlantic…

A tropical wave is currently located a couple of hundred miles south-southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands. This system is expected to merge with another disturbance located a few hundred miles to its west in a few days. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this week or this weekend while the system moves generally westward at 10 to 15 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…10 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…high…70 percent

>>> Western Atlantic…

A non-tropical low pressure system is expected to form within a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms to the east of the Florida peninsula within the next day or two. This system could acquire some subtropical characteristics on Friday while it moves generally northward. Regardless of development, this low is likely to bring gusty winds to gale force, heavy rain, and high surf to portions of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States late this week and into this weekend.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low 10 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…40 percent

Caribbean Island and Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones

Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclones

Northeastern Pacific:

Tropical Cyclone 13E (Kenneth)…is located about 1075 west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California

KENNETH TURNS NORTHWESTWARD…FORECAST TO DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW IN A COUPLE OF DAYS

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According to the NHC advisory number 7…

Kenneth is moving toward the northwest near 12 mph. A turn toward the north-northwest and north at a slightly slower forward speed is expected Thursday and Thursday night. A northward motion is forecast to continue through Saturday. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph with higher gusts. Weakening is forecast to begin on Thursday. Kenneth could degenerate into a remnant low by late Friday. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles from the center.

>>> Western East Pacific… 

Invest 96E

An area of low pressure located about 1200 miles east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands continues to produce disorganized shower activity. Some gradual development of this system is possible through the end of the week before environmental conditions become less favorable. The low is expected to move westward at 5 to 10 mph, reaching the Central Pacific basin early Thursday.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…20 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent

>>> Central East Pacific…

A trough of low pressure located several hundred miles south of the southwestern coast of Mexico is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Gradual development of this system is possible over the next several days, and a tropical depression could form by early next week while it moves westward across the central and western part of the eastern Pacific basin.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…40 percent

Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center (NHC)

North Central Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclones

>>> Western East Pacific… 

Invest 96E

An area of low pressure located about 1200 miles east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands continues to produce disorganized shower activity. Some gradual development of this system is possible through the end of the week before environmental conditions become less favorable. The low is expected to move westward at 5 to 10 mph, reaching the Central Pacific basin early Thursday.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…20 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent

Elsewhere, no tropical cyclones are expected during the next 7 days.

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: Texas A&M-Galveston Returns Rare Sea Turtle To Gulf Of Mexico

Nearly two years after Tally the turtle washed up on a beach in the UK, scientists from the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research helped reintroduce her to her natural habitat.

The green and white flag of Wales is not a typical sight on Galveston’s beaches, yet one waved proudly in the sea breeze Tuesday as residents of the small nation in the southern United Kingdom said goodbye to an unlikely visitor.

For Tally, a rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtle who washed up on Wales’ Talacre beach in 2021, the festivities marked the end of a harrowing transcontinental voyage — almost 10,000 miles round-trip — as scientists from Texas A&M University at Galveston helped release the 6-to-7-year-old turtle back into her native habitat.

“It’s been an international effort,” said Dr. Christopher Marshall, a professor in the Department of Marine Biology and director of the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, which oversaw Tally’s tagging and release. “We’re honored to be part of this group.”

Read more at Texas A&M University

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