August 3-4 2006

Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Thursday:
Lihue, Kauai – 85F
Honolulu, Oahu – 89
Kaneohe, Oahu – 86
Kahului, Maui – 89
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 85

Temperatures early Friday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:

KANEOHE, OAHU – 79
HILO AIRPORT – 73


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

 
0.59 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.62 WAIAWA, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.11 OHEO GULCH, MAUI
0.10 MOUNTAIN VIEW, BIG ISLAND
 

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a moderately strong 1035 millibar high pressure system located far to the NNE of our islands. This high pressure center, with its associated ridge, will keep blustery trade winds blowing across our area through Saturday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those weather symbols mean on the map.

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.

 
Tropical Cyclone Activity – The eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 through November 30…while the central Pacific (where Hawaii is) runs from June 1 through November 30. The latest storm information for the eastern Pacific can be found by clicking here. A storm tracking map for both the central and eastern areas can be found by clicking here . For the central Pacific, the latest storm information can be found by clicking here
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Aloha Paragraphs

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 Great beach weather in Hawaii…although locally windy and wavy 
Photo Credit: flikr.com
 

The Hawaiian Islands are now enjoying a well established trade wind weather pattern.  A trade wind generating high pressure system is located far to the NE of the Aloha state, spinning out fresh breezes across our latitudes of the north central Pacific. These cooling and refreshing winds will continue to grace Hawaii through the foreseeable future. As usual, they will lightest during the night and early morning hours, picking up during the later mornings through late afternoon hours.

Sunshine will be abundant, and very warm during the days, now that we’re into our mid-summer season. This is the time of year when we have temperatures everywhere at sea level rising well into the 80F’s during the days, and even into the lower 90F’s at those warmest beach areas.  Temperatures at night will fall back only into the 70F’s at sea level, often the middle to upper 70F’s at that. Showers will be few and far between for the time being, falling most readily along the windward coasts and slopes.


Hawaii continues to see larger than normal surf breaking along our south and west facing beaches. These warm water waves are a real treat for all the folks who love to ride this surf, which by the way was generated over a week ago down in the southern hemisphere near New Zealand.  More south and SSW swells will continue to arrive, which will keep the larger than normal surf around through the rest of this week. Storminess has eased downunder this week, so that smaller surf will be on tap for next week.

The eastern Pacific Ocean has two quickly fading tropical systems now. We have tropical depression Fabio, and quickly weakening tropical depression Gilma spinning the waters over there. They will both be going into the history books soon. The Hawaiian Islands have nothing to worry about, with just the outside chance that the Big Island and perhaps Maui could see some showers from whatever is left of Fabio arriving with time. Here’s a tracking map so that you can keep an eye on these two dying tropical cyclones.

It’s early Thursday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this sunset commentary.  During the day today a beautiful mixture of high and middle level clouds have overspread the islands. These streaks of high cirrus clouds weren’t thick enough to totally filter the otherwise sunny skies. As a matter of fact, they added an incredible artistic flair to this summer day. I have a very good idea that this evening’s sunset will be a particularly nice one. The trade winds came up big time today, with winds in gusts well over 30 mph along our windward sides, and even the leeward areas, and especially around Maalaea and Kihei, were quite blustery during the afternoon hours as well. In addition to the wind, we have a new swell coming in from the south now, which will cause rising surf heights along our south and west facing beaches overnight into Friday. The weather just never stops, keeps bringing us more of the good stuff, so to speak. It’s such a joy to be so closely associated with such an ever changing natural element as the weather. I want to get out on my weather deck now, so I can concentrate on this gorgeous sunset that is setting up right presently. I hope you have a pleasant Thursday night, and that you will join me here on Friday, early on Friday, for the next weather narrative here in the lovely Hawaiian Islands. Aloha for now…Glenn.

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