Weather Details and Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennDecember 5-6 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79F
Honolulu, Oahu – 86
Kaneohe, Oahu – 81
Kahului, Maui – 81
Hilo, Hawaii – 83
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kahului, Maui – 73F
Molokai – 67F
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Wednesday morning:
0.06 KAPAHI, KAUAI
0.34 WILSON TUNNEL, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.03 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.30 OHEO GULCH, MAUI
0.20 LAUPAHOEHOE, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing an approaching shearline is keeping our trade wind producing high pressure ridge down close to Kauai Wednesday. This location will make for one more day of lighter trade winds, before they surge forward again on Thursday. 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.
Aloha Paragraphs
Photo Credit: Flikr.com
A stable trade wind weather pattern will remain active in Hawaii for the time being. We find high pressure centers well established far to the NW and NE now. These trade wind producing high pressure cells will keep alive light to moderately strong trade winds. We will see a temporary softening of their speeds through Wednesday, then they will pick up again Thursday through the rest of the week. The latest computer forecast models suggest the trades will ease up a tad after this coming weekend.
The overlying atmosphere is dry and stable, thanks to high pressure aloft. This reality will keep sunny to partly cloudy weather in most places in the islands. Whatever showers that we find falling, will fall along the windward coasts and slopes during the night and early morning hours. We may see a weak cloud band get pushed towards the Kauai end of the chain around Thursday, but it won’t amount to much. The leeward sides will remain dry, with probably not a drop of water falling in those areas through the rest of this early December week.
The north and NW shores will see large to very large waves breaking later this week. Weather maps show a very deep storm spinning in the western side of the Gulf of Alaska now…which is generating a large swell train of waves. This swell will arrive late Wednesday or Thursday, with a second even larger NW swell expected later this coming weekend. There will be high surf advisory or even high surf warning flags being raised in our local waters when these swells arrive. Please use caution if you find yourself at a beach were rough surf is happening.
It’s early Tuesday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this just past sunset commentary. It was yet another great day here in the islands, with plentiful sunshine beaming down for even the most diehard sun worshipper. I didn’t have time to get to the beach this afternoon at lunch, but I did sit in my car for a few minutes across the street from it, and enjoyed the view. The sun was very warm at the time, feeling not too much different than during the summer months. It’s 63F degrees here in Kula, at right around 615pm. Meanwhile, down at sea level, the Kahului airport was (at the same time) 75 degrees. The warmest major airport weather station at the same hour was 79 degrees at Kailua-Kona on the Big Island coast. I see no reason to believe that our terrific late autumn weather pattern won’t last through the rest of the week. I know this may sound funny, but anybody here in the upcountry area that can become this weatherman’s haircutter? My regular lady isn’t able to give cuts on Saturday’s anymore at her house, and I can’t fit in a cut during the weekdays. So, I’m looking for someone in the Kula area who could put their scissors to good use on the weekends every six weeks or so? At any rate, I hope everyone has a great Tuesday night…and that if you’re so inclined, meet me here again early Wednesday morning… where you’ll find the next narrative from paradise waiting. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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