The latest update to this website was at 527pm Saturday (HST)

 

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

0.05  N Wailua Ditch, Kauai
0.24  Bellows AFS, Oahu
1.11  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.11  Lanai City, Lanai
1.94  West Wailuaiki, Maui
1.73  Laupahoehoe, Big Island

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

14  Waimea Heights, Kauai – SW
14  Honouliuli, Oahu – SW 
13  Anapuka, Molokai – NNW
12  Lanai 1,  Lanai – NNW
17  Kahului Harbor, Maui – NE
25  Kealakomo, Big Island – E

 

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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 The next cold front is approaching the state to the northwest

 

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Variable clouds 

 

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Localized showers…not many

 

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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 mostly clear early this morning although with some clouds too, with a low temperature of 51 degrees at my place, and the relative humidity 84%.

1020am, it’s become partly cloudy for the most part here in Maui County.

115pm, it’s gotten very cloudy upcountry, although I was just down in Paia doing my weekly shopping, and it was sunny….and it’s voggy.

335pm, it got very cloudy and lightly rained for a while here in Kula, then back off, although has begun again now. The temperature here at my place is a cool 65.4 degrees with the relative humidity 74%. I can see sunshine down closer to the coasts in contrast.

The full moon is Sunday, and is called the Snow Moon is some places.

 

Weather Wit of the day: Dog Sled – Mush transit

 

Interesting weather blog:  Mauka Showers…Hawaii’s Wet Season – Slower Out of the Blocks

 

>>> Highest Temperature Friday, January 30, 2026 – 90 at Yorba Linda, CA
>>> Lowest Temperature Saturday, January 31, 2026 – minus 27 near Davis, WV

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  Relatively light winds will continue through Sunday. A cold front will move in Monday evening through Tuesday, with breezy southwesterly kona winds ahead of the front Monday and northeast winds behind. Showers will occur with frontal passage, before it stalls and weakens near the Big Island Wednesday. A potentially strong cold front is forecast Friday into next weekend. This may bring periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms from Friday night well into next weekend.

Hawaii’s Weather Details:  Winds are light and generally out of the southeast, but there is also a sea-breeze component so that winds are blowing in from the coast in most areas. Light showers have formed mainly windward and mauka, with precipitation amounts just a few hundredths so far. Otherwise, skies were partly to mostly cloudy. Leeward showers should diminish rapidly after sunset, with windward showers continuing overnight.

Light winds tonight and Sunday will allow VOG to remain an issue for much of the state tonight and Sunday. Then light winds will give way to gusty southwest kona winds over the western end of the state Sunday night. These strong winds will spread east across the state Monday in advance of a cold front. This front is forecast to move into Kauai County Monday evening, Oahu around midnight, and Maui County by sunrise Tuesday. It will then slow significantly, reaching the Big Island Tuesday afternoon before stalling and weakening there through Thursday. The upper level support for this front is not that strong, so brief heavy rain and gusty winds are the main threat. Moderate northwest winds immediately behind the front will shift around to northeast about 24 hours after the front passes.

Winds, possibly strong, will turn southerly and then southwesterly Thursday night through Friday night, as a strong front moves in from the northwest. This will pull the remnant moisture from the previous front back northwestward across the state, so an increase in showers is likely even before this new front arrives. The latest guidance has the front reaching the western end of the state Friday night, and then passing over the rest of the state Saturday. This front is still 6-7 days out, so this timing is subject to change. At this time, models depict this as a strong front with significant upper level support, so heavy rain, strong winds, and thunderstorms are possible.

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 weakening trough is located over the eastern coastal waters. Moderate to locally fresh northeasterly winds are prevailing over much of the area, while gentle and variable winds persist around the Big Island. Trades will continue to weaken as high pressure north of the state moves eastward. These lighter trade winds will give way to southeast winds tonight as a surface ridge is pushed over the island chain. South to southwest kona winds will develop on Sunday and will build to fresh to strong levels Sunday night and Monday as another, stronger front approaches. This front is expected to pass down the island chain Monday night and Tuesday, and a Small Craft Advisory may be needed for some waters as winds peak Monday into Tuesday.

Large to extra-large surf will continue along north and west facing shores, with another round of elevated surf due early next week. A complex storm low far northwest of Hawaii generated overlapping west-northwest to northwest (295 to 320 degrees) swells that are currently affecting the islands. NOAA offshore buoys northwest of Kauai are still running well above guidance with significant swell period energy ranging between 14 and 17 seconds. Based on these observations, and the fact that nearshore buoys at Hanalei, Waimea, and Pauwela are also already running a couple feet above guidance, surf heights for north and west facing shores were bumped up a bit from the previous forecast.

However, headlines remain unchanged. A High Surf Warning remains in effect for north and west facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, and Molokai. Additionally, a High Surf Advisory remains in effect for north facing shores of Maui and west facing shores of the Big Island. A Small Craft Advisory is also in place for waters exposed to the elevated seas. As the swell declines, the warnings and advisories will likely be dropped by Sunday morning. Another round of potentially larger northwest swell is expected late Monday through early Thursday.

A Coastal Flood Statement remains in effect through Monday. During this time, higher than predicted tides will produce minor flooding along vulnerable low-lying coastal infrastructure as well, as some some beach erosion during peak high tides between midnight and sunrise. The elevated tides will also contribute to runup and beach erosion, and again late tonight into early Sunday morning, along north and west shores exposed to the large swell.

Surf along east- and south-facing shores will remain small through the upcoming 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 19S (Fytia)…is located approximately 122 NM north-northwest 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:  Concordia Study Finds Snow Droughts in Western and Southern Canada Could Affect Nearly All Canadians

Researchers at Concordia have developed a new method of measuring the amount of usable water stored in snowpacks. The comprehensive technique, known as snow water availability (SWA), uses satellite data and climate reanalysis techniques to calculate snow depth, snow density and snow cover across a wide swath of Canada and Alaska.

“SWA quantifies how much water is available where snowpack exists. Knowing where the snowpack is located is critically important because where its water ultimately ends up after melting depends on where the snowpack was initially located,” says the study’s corresponding author Ali Nazemi, an associate professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science.

Data gathered using this methodology shows that usable snow water has declined sharply in areas of the Canadian Rockies, where major river headwaters originate. These areas make up only three per cent of the country, but when combined with smaller declines elsewhere, the changes affect a quarter of Canada’s land mass and 86 per cent of the population. Nazemi warns that the consequences touch agriculture, hydropower, shipping, recreation and Indigenous communities.

Read More at: Concordia University