The latest update to this website was at 1202pm Sunday (HST)

 

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

80 – 71  Lihue AP, Kauai
83 – 71  Honolulu AP, Oahu
81 – 64  Molokai AP, Molokai
80 – 63  Kahului AP, Maui 
85 – 72  Kona AP, Hawaii
81 – 69  Hilo AP, Hawaii 

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

6.52  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
4.10  Poamoho RG 1, Oahu
0.26  Makapulapai, Molokai
0.11  Lanai City, Lanai
0.76  Puu Kukui, Maui
1.34  Honolii Stream, Big Island

The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph) as of Sunday afternoon:

16  Moloaa Dairy, Kauai
17  Kahuku, Oahu
25  Makapulapai, Molokai
18  Lanai 1, Lanai
21  Kahului AP, Maui
27  Upolu AP, 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. 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 low is spinning in a counter-clockwise direction northwest
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 High clouds are moving by to the south…and clipping the Big Island

 

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Low clouds carried our way on the east to east-southeast winds

 

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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 details on any current Watches, Warnings and Advisories noted above

 

 

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~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

Glenn’s Sunday comments: I’m here at my friend Linda’s place in Corte Madera, CA

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

405am, it’s a clear morning, with a low temperature of 43 degrees.

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  Moderate trades will prevail over the eastern islands through the first half of the upcoming work week, while lighter trades over the western islands, prompting some leeward land and sea breezes. A plume of moisture will keep some showery weather over Kauai today, while drier conditions overspread the remainder of the state.

The rather dry weather will persist through Tuesday, with a few showers possible over interior and leeward areas each afternoon, while showers will remain limited to mainly windward areas at night. The trades will rebound Tuesday night and Wednesday, bringing a return of more typical trade wind weather.

The trades will become breezy Thursday through next weekend, and the trade wind showers may increase as well due to a disturbance aloft moving over the islands.

Hawaii’s Weather Details: Weather maps show a front is located west-northwest of Kauai, while a high is centered northeast of Honolulu. Moderate trade winds prevail in unsheltered areas over the eastern end of the state, while light to moderate trades persist over the western islands.

Infrared satellite imagery shows partly to mostly cloudy conditions across the state. Radar imagery shows scattered showers moving into windward slopes and coasts, with a few showers also in leeward areas of Kauai and Oahu. The front northwest of the state will gradually weaken into a trough during the next few days as it edges slowly eastward.

A slight easing of the trades can be expected as we head into the first couple days of the upcoming work week. Overall, moderate trades look to hold on over the eastern islands, while lighter trades prevail over the western islands, allowing some leeward sea and land breezes to develop.

We should see the trades start to rebound beginning Tuesday night as the trough west of the state begins to shift westward. Moderate to locally breezy trades should overspread the state by late Wednesday, with the trades becoming breezy across the entire island chain Thursday through next weekend.

Meanwhile, the band of moisture which brought rather showery weather to most windward areas overnight, is in the process of breaking up, as drier air works in from the east and mid-level ridging begins to build overhead. Scattered showers will continue to affect windward areas early this morning, with shower activity then limited to primarily leeward and interior areas this afternoon. A more showery pattern is expected across Kauai today as the band of enhanced moisture will be slower to exit here.

Tonight through Tuesday, relatively dry conditions should prevail across the island chain. Brief passing showers will be possible in windward areas each night, with a few showers developing over interior and leeward areas each afternoon. We should see a return to more typical trade wind weather Tuesday night and Wednesday, with wetter trade wind weather potentially developing Friday through next weekend, as upper troughing sets up over the state.

Here’s a near real-time Wind Profile of the Pacific Ocean – along with a Closer View of the islands / Here’s the latest Weather Map

Marine Environmental Details:  High pressure centered well northeast of the state, and an approaching weak front to the northwest will generate breezy east-southeast winds today, especially across all windward waters and through the channels surrounding Maui County and the Big Island. Through early this week, the aforementioned surface high will drift eastward and allow the flow to weaken. By mid-week, high pressure will rebuild to the north and allow easterly flow to strengthen again.

A Small Craft Advisory for winds will remain in effect for most waters and channels surrounding Big Island, Maui, and Molokai through Monday morning, then likely be dropped as winds weaken.

Surf heights will remain below advisory thresholds for all shores. A small northwest swell will persist through mid-week with small surf expected. Breezy east or east-southeasterly flow will produce choppy surf along east facing shores, then decrease as winds begin to taper off early in the week. Small southeast, and small south swells will continue into mid-next week. Surf heights along the south facing shores should remain near or slightly below seasonal norms.

 

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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 Mexico:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Northeastern Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclones

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

North Central Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclones

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: New Circuit Boards Can be Repeatedly Recycled

 

A recent United Nations report found that the world generated 137 billion pounds of electronic waste in 2022, an 82% increase from 2010. Yet less than a quarter of 2022’s e-waste was recycled. While many things impede a sustainable afterlife for electronics, one is that we don’t have systems at scale to recycle the printed circuit boards (PCBs) found in nearly all electronic devices.

PCBs — which house and interconnect chips, transistors and other components — typically consist of layers of thin glass fiber sheets coated in hard plastic and laminated together with copper. That plastic can’t easily be separated from the glass, so PCBs often pile up in landfills, where their chemicals can seep into the environment.

Or they’re burned to extract their electronics’ valuable metals like gold and copper. This burning, often undertaken in developing nations, is wasteful and can be toxic — especially for those doing the work without proper protections.

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington developed a new PCB that performs on par with traditional materials and can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss. Researchers used a solvent that transforms a type of vitrimer — a cutting-edge class of sustainable polymers — to a jelly-like substance without damaging it, allowing the solid components to be plucked out for reuse or recycling.

Read more at: University of Washington