The latest update to this website was at 10pm Saturday (HST)

 

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

2.30  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.47  Poamoho RG 1, Oahu
0.35  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
1.57  West Wailuaiki, Maui 
1.39  Kulaimano, Big Island

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

22  Port Allen, Kauai – ENE
29  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu – SE
32  Molokai AP, Molokai – NE
30  Lanai 1,  Lanai – NE
40  Na Kula, Maui – ENE 
46  Puuloa, 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 trough to the south…with a cold front further northwest 

 

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Variable clouds over the state

 

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  Showers locally 

 

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

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

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

It’s mostly clear early this morning here at my place, with calm winds, and a low temperature of 48.5 degrees at my place, and the relative humidity is 79%.

335pm, it’s quite cloudy here in Maui County, although dry here in upper Kula, with some drizzle and showers over along the windward sides.

7pm, it’s partly cloudy here at my place on this special day of the year, with a temperature of 59 degrees.

10pm, clear to partly cloudy here in upper Kula, Maui, with my temperature 53.9 degrees.

 

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! 

Bold Red Hearts

 

Weather Wit of the day:  Warehouse – The cry of a person lost in a blizzard

 

>>> Highest Temperature Saturday, February 14, 2026 – 94 near La Puerta, TX
>>> Lowest Temperature Saturday, February 14, 2026 – minus 9 near Whitefield, NH

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of 847pm Saturday: Trade winds will strengthen Sunday into Monday, then persist through much of the week, bringing periods of showers to mainly windward and mountain locations. A Wind Advisory has been issued for the typically windier higher terrain areas, passes, and areas immediately south through west of mountains across all islands for Sunday through Sunday night.

Short Term Outlook…as of 847pm…Satellite shows partly to mostly cloudy skies across the state. Radar indicated light showers on windward sides of all islands, especially on Big Island. A wind advisory remains in effect for the usual windy places (mainly windward), and a small craft advisory is in effect for all coastal waters. Little change is expected overnight.

Hawaii’s Weather Details…as of 352pm Saturday: Radar and satellite imagery show isolated showers moving into most windward areas on moderate to breezy trade winds, with a slightly higher concentration of low clouds and showers affecting windward portions of the Big Island and Maui. The motion of these clouds and showers indicates the low-level steering flow has taken on a subtle southeasterly component, a pattern that is expected to persist over the next several days, even as surface trade winds remain generally easterly. In addition, patches of high-level cirrus continue to stream overhead from the west, which could make for a pretty sunrise if they are still around early Sunday morning.

Looking ahead, a robust 1045 millibar surface high far north of the state, will drift south-southeastward through Sunday, positioned between two areas of low pressure – one north of Midway and another off the California coast. As this pattern evolves, the pressure gradient across the Hawaiian Islands will tighten, leading to strengthening trade winds. The moderate to breezy trades observed today are expected to become windy and gusty on Sunday, especially as a band of enhanced moisture moves through the area.

This moisture plume, currently evident on satellite imagery, is forecast to arrive Sunday on the strengthening trade wind flow. Its arrival will likely increase windward and mountain cloud cover and shower activity, while also enhancing the potential for stronger wind gusts to mix down within showers.

Given the combination of a strengthening pressure gradient and the added contribution from convective mixing within showers, the main short-term concern is whether winds will reach Wind Advisory criteria. Recent high-resolution model guidance continues to support advisory-level winds (sustained speeds near or above 30 mph and/or gusts exceeding 50 mph) particularly across the typically windier areas. As a result, a Wind Advisory has been issued for these areas beginning Sunday and continuing through the night, though an extension may be needed. The strongest gusts are expected across the eastern end of the state.

Breezy to locally windy trade winds are expected to persist through at least mid-week, bringing periodic increases in clouds and showers to windward and mountain locations.

For the latter half of the week into next weekend, discrepancies between the GFS and ECMWF models gradually increase. Regardless, a trade wind pattern looks to persist across the state, with windward and mountain focused showers, and trade wind speeds are expected to ease slightly.

 

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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Wind Advisory from 6am Sunday to 6am Monday for Big Island
Interior-Big Island North-Big Island South-Big Island Southeast-
East Honolulu-Honolulu Metro-Kahoolawe-Kauai Mountains-Kauai
North-Kauai South-Kauai Southwest-Kipahulu-Kohala-Koolau Leeward-
Lanai Leeward-Lanai Mauka-Lanai Windward-Maui Central Valley
North-Maui Central Valley South-Maui Leeward West-Maui Windward
West-Molokai Leeward South-Molokai North-Molokai Southeast-
Molokai West-Molokai Windward-South Haleakala-Waianae Coast-
Waianae Mountains-Windward Haleakala.

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

Small Craft Advisory until 6am Monday for Big Island
Leeward Waters-Big Island Southeast Waters-Big Island Windward
Waters-Kaiwi Channel-Kauai Channel-Kauai Leeward Waters-Kauai
Northwest Waters-Kauai Windward Waters-Maalaea Bay-Maui County
Leeward Waters-Maui County Windward Waters-Oahu Leeward Waters-
Oahu Windward Waters.

Small Craft Advisory until 6am Sunday for Alenuihaha
Channel-Pailolo Channel.

Gale Warning from 6am Sunday to 6am Monday for Alenuihaha
Channel-Pailolo Channel.

Hawaii’s Marine Environment…as of 352pm Saturday:

A strong high far north of the state will produce windy and rough
conditions across all area waters through at least the middle of
next week. The current strong trade winds will strengthen another
notch on Sunday with widespread strong to near gales expected
across the coastal and offshore waters. The windier channels
around Maui County should see wind speeds increasing during the
day tomorrow to gale force speeds. A Gale Warning has been issued
for Sunday and Sunday night for the Alenuihaha and Pailolo
channels. Elsewhere, a Small Craft Advisory (SCA) remains in
effect due to a combination of winds and seas. Winds may ease
slightly by Monday, but overall strong to near gales will continue
across the state through the middle of next week.

Nearshore buoys such as the Mokapu buoy has been showing a steady
rise over the past 12 hours. Surf along east facing shores have
now reached advisory thresholds and will continue to build through
Sunday night as the trade winds strengthen another notch. High
Surf Advisory is now in effect for east facing exposures of Kauai,
Oahu, Molokai, Maui and the Big Island through Monday night. This
advisory could very well get extended through the middle of next
week due to the strong trade winds persisting across the state.

The current small medium period northwest to north-northwest swell
will steadily decline this evening through Sunday. Minimal energy
is expected from the northwest during the first half of next
week, although select exposures should see some wind swell. A
small northwest bump is possible towards the second half of next
week. Surf along south shores will remain small but a slight
increase is expected for areas exposed to the trade wind swell.

 

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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 21S (Gezani)…is located approximately 284 NM south-southwest of Europa Island

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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:  Avian Malaria Widespread Across Hawai?i Bird Communities, New UH Study Finds

A new study led by a University of Hawaii at M?noa researcher shows that avian malaria can be transmitted by nearly all forest bird species in Hawaii, helping explain why the disease is present almost everywhere mosquitoes are found across the islands.

The research, published in Nature Communications, found avian malaria at 63 of 64 sites tested statewide, including areas with very different bird communities. The disease, caused by generalist parasite Plasmodium relictum, is a major driver of population declines and extinctions in native Hawaiian honeycreepers.

“Avian malaria has taken a devastating toll on Hawaii’s native forest birds, and this study shows why the disease has been so difficult to contain,” said Christa M. Seidl, mosquito research and control coordinator for the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project, who conducted this research as part of her PhD at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “When so many bird species can quietly sustain transmission, it narrows the options for protecting native birds and makes mosquito control not just helpful, but essential.”

Read More: University of Hawaii at Manoa