Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJune 6-7 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 84F
Honolulu, Oahu – 87
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 91
Hilo, Hawaii – 88
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 84
Temperatures early Thursday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Honolulu, Oahu – 76F
Hilo, Hawaii – 71
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:
2.03 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.83 WAIAWA, OAHU
0.04 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.24 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.05 PAHOA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a moderately strong 1032 millibar high pressure system to the NE of the islands, which is now nearly stationary. The trade winds will be light to moderately strong Thursday and Friday…gusty in those windiest areas around the state. 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.
Water Reflections
As would be expected during the month of June, the trade winds have become the dominate weather feature in the Hawaiian Island weather picture now. A trade wind producing high pressure system is now to the NNE of the Aloha state, slowly moving to the ENE…in the direction of the west coast. This high pressure cell will end up to the NE of the 50th state over the next couple of days. The latest computer forecast models indicate that the trade winds will stick around through the rest of this week, into next week…breezin’ along in the moderately strong realms for the most part.
These trade winds are carrying a batch of showers towards the windward sides from Kauai down through Maui, leaving the Big Island dry for the most part. The bulk of these incoming showery clouds have been depositing their "wares" on the garden island of Kauai during the last 24 hours…with the mountains on Oahu picking up some too. The other islands have had less luck, with the Big Island too far south to poke up into this area of incoming moisture. There will be little change in this situation, with just those usual windward biased showers, and perhaps a couple of light showers falling in some leeward areas…but not much there.
It’s early Wednesday morning here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. You may have noticed, if you read the paragraph above, that the Big Island is having trouble attracting precipitation to itself. As a matter of fact, both Maui and the Big Island have become quite dry, enough so that some areas are experiencing drought conditions. The pastures along the leeward slopes of those islands, where cattle ranching exists, are drying up quickly. The computer models don’t give much hope for relief from these crisp conditions anytime soon. ~~~ Turning our attention back to water, in this case the ocean, we have a new south swell that is bathing the south and west facing leeward beaches now. This swell train of waves isn’t large enough to trigger a high surf advisory however, but will certainly entertain our local surfing community…not to mention everyone else who loves to play around in the warm water waves! ~~~ It’s a good time here in the islands now, other than those locally dry areas, although all the sunshine is keeping our local sun worshippers happy as clams. I hope you enjoy your Wednesday wherever you happen to be reading from. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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