Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennMarch 18-19 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79F
Honolulu, Oahu – 79
Kaneohe, Oahu – 80
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 81
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures early Monday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 73F
Hilo, Hawaii – 65
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Monday morning:
0.09 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.82 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.51 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.12 KAHOOLAWE
2.62 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.44 WAIAKEA UKA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1034 millibar high pressure center far to the NNW of Hawaii Monday. This will keep fresh trade winds blowing for the time being, pulling back a little in strength Tuesday. 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.
Lots of sunshine on the leeward beaches…especially during the mornings
A late winter trade wind weather pattern is now well established here in the Hawaiian Islands. Weather maps show high pressure systems to the north and NE of the Aloha state, which are sending gusty trade winds into our Hawaiian Island weather picture. These trade winds will remain quite gusty into the new week ahead. Small craft advisory flags are in force over the windiest places around the state Sunday. These breezy trade winds will last through the next week.
The general weather outlook remains good today into the new work week ahead. Daytime air temperatures will be warm, under the influence of sunnier weather conditions now. The north and east windward coasts and slopes will as usual be several degrees cooler. At the same time, there will be cloudy periods, with showers spilling from those clouds at times, being carried in the trade winds on those sides of the islands. Some leeward areas on the smaller islands will see a few showers being carried over there in places, by the gusty trade winds…otherwise mostly dry and quite sunny during the morning hours.
It’s early Sunday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start writing this pre-sunset commentary. The windward clouds hung in with quite a tenacity Sunday…dropping more showers than expected. The clouds over and around the mountains too, gathered thickly at times, letting loose with showers up there as well. Here in Kula, there were alternating periods of clouds and showers and partly sunny times as well…although not many. The leeward beaches started off ok, but even there at times, the mountain clouds slid downhill to mask our Hawaiian sunshine at times during the afternoon hours ~~~ I went out only once today, and that was a quick trip out to Makawao and Pukalani to get food with my next door neighbor. The sun is shining brightly in Kula at the moment, and feels great on my back. Looking over towards the windward side, there are those same long lasting gray clouds, which have been dropping showers over towards Makawao and Haiku, and it even looks like Kahului and Wailuku may be getting some showers too ~~~ I made some pasta sauce this afternoon, which I’ll be heating up in the evenings during the work days ahead, at least through Thursday for dinners ~~~ I hope you have a good Sunday night, and that you will join me here again on Monday. Aloha for now…Glenn.
Note: Due to popular demand (over the years) there’s finally a small picture of myself in the upper right hand corner of this page. Now you can put a face [or at least the side of a face] to these weather narratives. 
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