Weather Details and Aloha Paragraphs

October 1-2 2006

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

Lihue, Kauai – 84F
Honolulu, Oahu – 84
Kaneohe, Oahu – 82
Kahului, Maui – 90
Hilo, Hawaii – 85
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 87

KANEOHE, OAHU – 78
HILO AIRPORT – 74

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:

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1027 millibar high pressure center located to the NNE of the Hawaiian Islands. This high pressure cell, with its associated ridge will give us light to moderate trade winds through most of the week ahead. 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.

 

Sunset on the Kona coast of the Big Island
Photo Credit: flikr.com

We’ll find lighter trade winds blowing today through Monday. Weather maps show a high pressure system located to the NE of our Hawaiian Islands now. This high pressure cell will keep our winds lighter side of the wind spectrum now, although somewhat gusty along the windward sides during the afternoon hours locally. The latest forecasts show them remaining light through the new week ahead, as an early season low pressure system forms to our NW…interrupting the stronger trade wind flow. 

The area of moisture to the SE of the islands, which we thought would bring an increase in windward showers, has pretty much fallen apart. Satellite images and weather maps show a trough of low pressure to the SE of the Big Island of Hawaii. This area is expected to move across the Aloha state into Monday. The moisture associated with this trough will be rather insignificant, so we’ll see fairly routine weather conditions, with wispy high cirrus being carried into the state on the upper winds from the SW.

It’s late Sunday afternoon here in Kula, Maui, as I start writing this pre-sunset commentary.  I never made it to the north shore this morning, it was too enticing to stay home and have a quiet day by myself. I read, puttered around some, read a few poems…which I turn to more and more as autumn deepens into the winter season. I went out into the garden, and picked a bunch of cherry and yellow plum tomatoes, that, and some basil. I ended up making a wonderful fresh pasta sauce, which I can hardly wait to try out this evening. I’ll plate that with a piece of the organic chicken I bbq’d yesterday afternoon. It’s been a good day here upcountry, as the clouds set in early, and have hung around unabated, with even some light mist falling at the moment. My mostly unused ping pong table, out on the weather deck, has flecks of light drizzle on it. If there was someone around now to play with, I’d be up for a mellow session of hitting the ball back and forth for a while. It’s just that time of day, when the late afternoon, early evening sun will dip low on the western horizon before sunset, when we’ll get a little short burst of sunrays, not unlike what happens along the Kona slopes sometimes. I hope you have a great rest of your Sunday, and that you will meet me here again on Monday, as we launch into the new work week ahead. Aloha for now…Glenn.

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