Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJune 4-5 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 81F
Honolulu, Oahu – 86
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 88
Hilo, Hawaii – 88
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86
Temperatures early Tuesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Lihue, Kauai – 76F
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 Tuesday morning:
4.53 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
4.55 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.36 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.18 KAHOOLAWE
0.29 KAHAKULOA, MAUI
0.04 KEAHOLE AIRPORT, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a large 1026 millibar high pressure system to the north of the islands, which is slowly moving in a ENE direction. The trade winds will be moderately strong Tuesday with locally strong and gusty conditions in those windiest areas through Wednesday. 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.
Tropical Cyclone activity in the eastern and central Pacific – Here’s the latest information coming out of the National Hurricane Center, covering the eastern north Pacific. You can find the latest tropical cyclone information for the central north Pacific (where Hawaii is located) by clicking on this link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.
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.
Holokalani black sand Beach…near Hana, Maui
This past weekend had lighter than normal winds blowing, which will be replaced by light to moderately strong trade winds today…increasing further to the moderate levels later in the day into Tuesday. The latest weather charts and computer forecast models indicate that these trade winds will continue to grace our Hawaiian Islands in the moderately strong levels through the remainder of this work week…then getting lighter by the weekend. Climatology would suggest that we would see some manner of trade wind air flow continuing through approximately 91% of the time during an average June.
There will be some shower activity along the windward sides of the islands, especially on the islands of Kauai, Oahu, and Molokai. Whatever showers that are around, will however will remain quite light along those north and east facing windward slopes…although there could be a few moderate downpours here and there. The interior upcountry showers too may see a few afternoon showers popping up here and there as well. The air mass will remain rather dry, which will tend to limit the overall coverage and intensity of any precipitation across the Aloha state. As we get into the middle of the week onward, we will drop back into a below normal period of showers.
It’s early Monday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this sunset commentary. We’re at the tail-end of summer now, quickly coming up on the beginning of our high sun summer season. High temperatures now are reaching at least 80F degrees along our south and west facing leeward beaches. Those warmest areas around the state, are regularly topping out in the upper 80’s in fact…falling just short of the 90 degree mark. The overnight low temperatures near sea level are dropping only into the 70’s, with the warmest locations falling into the middle 70 degree range…around 77. These temperatures will hold at about these levels through the rest of what’s left of our spring season, right into early summer. ~~~ As noted above, there are some showers falling along the windward coasts and slopes, particularly along from Kauai down through Molokai. The source of this moisture is from a very late season cold front, dropping down from an active gale low pressure system far north…in the Gulf of Alaska. In contrast, the leeward beaches will remain mostly dry, with just a few showers falling here and there…mostly in the upcountry areas. Conditions will drop back into the normal dry realms, which often accompany the month of June, starting Wednesday through the rest of the week. ~~~ Monday started off very nicely, although as the day wore on, clouds increased quite dramatically here on Maui during the afternoon hours. Up here in Kula, a dense bank of thick cool fog wrapped itself around us at sunset, dropping the temperature several degrees. I had to go out and get into it just now, and am now about ready to go down and have a nice homemade pasta dinner, with a nice organic, freshly garden picked salad. I hope you have a great Monday night, and that you will meet me back here again on Tuesday morning for the next edition of this weather narrative. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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