May 28 – 29 2006

Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Sunday:

Lihue, Kauai – 82F
Honolulu, Oahu – 83
Kaneohe, Oahu – 82
Kahului, Maui – 83
Hilo, Hawaii – 80
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82

Temperatures early Monday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 5 a.m. hour:

Lihue, Kauai – 75
Molokai airport – 66

Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours (as of Monday morning) on each of the major islands, including:

0.13 KAPAHI, KAUAI
0.56 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.13 MOLOKAI
0.01 LANAI
0.02 KAHOOLAWE
0.55 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.33 PIIHONUA, BIG ISLAND

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1028 millibar high pressure system located to the NE of the islands. The high has a ridge extending SW, positioned about 300 miles north of Kauai. This will keep light to moderately strong trade winds blowing today into Tuesday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.

Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are available during the daylight hours here in the islands…and when there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two! Plus, during the nights and early mornings you will be able to see stars, and the sunrise too…depending upon cloud conditions.

Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.

Aloha Paragraphs


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North shore of Kauai

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South Point on the Big Island

A high pressure system to the NE of the islands, with its associated high pressure ridge to our north, has brought back the trade winds. These cooling and refreshing breezes will whisk away whatever haze that has accumulated, and the rather muggy weather that we had been dealing with earlier in the week. The windward sides will see the return of a few passing showers, most of which will be light, falling during the night and early morning hours. The leeward sides will continue to be sunny during the days, as they have been this past week. The latest satellite images show some high cirrus clouds coming up from the deeper tropics, which will filter and dim our Hawaiian sunshine in some measure now. Otherwise, our weather looks fine, with a typical trade wind weather pattern continuing well into the upcoming week.

It’s early Sunday evening here in Kula, Maui. It’s generally been a cloudier than normal late May day. An extensive field of lower level stratocumulus clouds extends well upstream to the NE through east. This fairly dry reality, other than some drizzle or light showers along the windward sides, will continue through the Memorial Day holiday, from one end of the Aloha state to the other. This would stretch your mind’s eye from the north shore of Kauai, down through the chain to South Point on the Big Island. Before I forget to do so, I want to add my memory to the collective memory, in regards all the good men and women, the lost soldiers of past and present wars, who are no longer with us in body…living now “in the experience” of surviving friends and family. In the moment, my wind chimes are singing sweetly, so softly, along with the tweeting songs birds make as they fly by just outside my weather tower. A gray cat friend is lounging out on the deck, under the ping pong table. I was talking with my Mom, Dad, and little sister Janet on the phone today. They sounded so cheerful and upbeat, that it made me want to fly back home for another quick visit. Because I’m so aware of air temperatures, I’d just love to share them with you, like offering a shot of espresso, a glass of lemon aid, warm shot of old Tequila, a tall glass of Maui upcountry water (filtered of course), maybe a very tasty glass of red wine…or a red rose. Oh, it’s 67.6F at 545pm outside, and a warmer 75F degrees inside. On this note of the chimes, I’m going to head to the sunset, watch it slowly sink down into the clouds over the West Maui Mountains. Bye for now, Aloha…Glenn.