Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennMay 23-24 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 84F
Honolulu, Oahu – 86
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 86
Hilo, Hawaii – 86
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 84
Temperatures early Thursday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 75F
Hilo, Hawaii – 67
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Thursday morning:
0.03 WAILUA, KAUAI
0.10 WILSON TUNNEL, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.53 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.32 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a moderately strong 1029 millibar high pressure system far to the NE of the islands, with its associated ridge stretched SW…to points north and NW of the main Hawaiian islands. The trade winds will be light to moderately strong today today and Friday. Those windiest spots in the southern part of the state will be moderately strong…locally strong and gusty during the afternoons. 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.
Sunset at Poipu Beach, Kauai
A high pressure ridge to our north at the surface, as well as aloft, will ensure sunny weather, with only limited rainfall at best. Whatever showers that may be around, and they will be few and far between…will fall along the windward coasts and slopes. The favored time of day for those few light showers will be during the night and early morning hours. This will leave the south and west facing leeward beaches sunny during the days, and fair at night. This dry reality will continue well into the future, with absolutely no organized rain makers on our weather horizon. It’s early Wednesday evening here in Kula, Maui as I begin writing today’s sunset commentary. The 2007 central Pacific hurricane season is expected to have less than the average amount of tropical cyclone activity. This is of course good news, with just 2-3 storms expected to form, or pass across our central Pacific waters…compared to an average of 4-5 storms. The season begins June 1st, and runs through the end of November. We rarely see any signs of tropical storminess however until at least July, and more often during the months of August and September. ~~~ Looking at the latest satellite images, I see a couple of things, one of which is that there’s a faint bit of high cirrus clouds moving through the state from west to east. This will likely give a nice pink sunset in those areas of the state that are under this thin high cloudiness. The other is a bit of lower level cloudiness that is being carried in on the fresh trade wind flow. At the moment, it’s wrapping around the Big Island, bringing a few showers along the windward coasts and slopes. The way it looks, it may spread up along the other islands during the night, with a modest increase in showers…something we haven’t seen along those wind exposed north and east facing areas for quite a while. ~~~ My friend whose visiting from Placerville, California is still here, and I want to join him for a glass of wine as we prepare for the sunset, so I’m going to sign off, and at the same time wish you a good Wednesday night, along with an invitation to join me again Thursday morning, when I’ll have a newly prepared weather narrative waiting for you then. Aloha for now…Glenn.
Hawaii Weather Today – TV program online now. It’s not precisely like watching it on television, although it’s quite a close approximation. Each day’s new show will replace the previous days show (Monday through Friday) at some point between 10am and noon (HST) in Hawaii. If you click here it will take you to the website where it can be viewed. I want to thank the folks at the Maui Media Lab, located in Paia, Maui for this opportunity to show what’s happening weatherwise here in Hawaiian Islands! By the way, you will need to have a quicktime viewer on your computer to receive the feed…you can get the free download here if it’s not already loaded on your machine.
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