Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennMay 24-25 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Thursday:
Lihue, Kauai – 83F
Honolulu, Oahu – 86
Kaneohe, Oahu – 81
Kahului, Maui – 85
Hilo, Hawaii – 86
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures early Friday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Lihue, Kauai – 75F
Hilo, Hawaii – 68
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Friday morning:
0.28 OMAO, KAUAI
1.37 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.01 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.03 KAHOOLAWE
0.71 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.16 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a moderately strong 1028 millibar high pressure system to the NE of the islands, with its associated ridge stretched SW…to a point north of the Hawaiian islands. The trade winds will be light to moderately strong today and Saturday. 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.
Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts…hangin’
The windward sides will see a few passing showers, leaving the leeward sides basking in our famous Hawaiian sunshine. The favored time of day for those 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 relatively dry weather pattern will continue well into the future, with many areas remaining completely dry well into the future. There are no major rainmakers in the short term or long term forecast. It’s early Thursday evening here in Kula, Maui as I begin writing this sunset commentary. Yep, just another perfect day in paradise, what else can I say? It was sunny and mostly dry, other than a few showers spraying their way along the windward coasts and slopes…although that’s nothin’ new! The trade winds will continue to dominate our local Hawaiian Island weather picture pretty much forever…or at least through the rest of this month that is. ~~~ The second full moon of the month is coming up soon, called of course the blue moon…for its rarity of occurrence. ~~~ It might as well be summer now, and would be just that…if it weren’t for the calender telling us that it was still late spring. ~~~ I hope you have a great Thursday night wherever you happen to be reading this from. I’ll be back extremely early Friday morning with your next weather narrative from the beautiful Hawaiian Islands. 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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