Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJune 7-8 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Thursday:
Lihue, Kauai – 82F
Honolulu, Oahu – 86
Kaneohe, Oahu – 84
Kahului, Maui – 85
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures early Friday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Honolulu, Oahu – 76F
Hilo, Hawaii – 69
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:
1.84 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
1.10 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.20 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.28 KAHOOLAWE
1.47 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.33 PAHOA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1027 millibar high pressure system to the NE of the islands, which is now nearly stationary. The trade winds will be light to moderately strong Friday and Saturday…stronger and 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.
The road to my house…
High pressure located north of the islands, along with an elongated trough of low pressure south of Hawaii, will work together to keep our light to moderately strong trade winds blowing well out into the future. Weather maps show a large 1032 millibar, trade wind producing high pressure system to the NE of the Aloha state, now nearly stationary. This high pressure cell will remain NE of the Hawaiian Islands through the rest of this week. The long range computer forecast models paint a picture showing an extended period…dominated by a trade wind weather pattern.
There will be some passing showers being carried in our direction at times, ending up in the most generous form along the windward coasts and slopes…although not exclusively. Recntly most of this moisture had been falling over the mountains of Kauai and Oahu. However, during the last 24 hours, we’ve seen those showery clouds finally sagging southward enough…that Maui and the Big Island are mostly on the receiving end of these moisture patches. This is a good thing, as those two southern islands have been drier than normal. It appears that moving forward, we can expect generally about normal amounts of precipitation in most areas.
It’s early Thursday morning here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. We’ve moved into that time of year, when there isn’t a lot happening here in the islands…at least from a weather perspective. The tail-end of the cold front season is past us now, and it’s still too early to be looking for any tropical cyclones to be spinning their way towards us from the eastern Pacific. Speaking of tropical storms and hurricanes, you might have missed my stating that the 2007 hurricane season here in the central Pacific (where the Hawaiian Islands live), is expecting a less than normally active season. At any rate, we’re into what we could call the pre-summer doldrums, not in terms of winds, as the trade winds will be blowing steadily…but just in regards to "not much happening."
What that means essentially, is that we can expect just the fine weather conditions that makes the Hawaiian Islands such a lovely place to live, and of course to visit! ~~~ I’ll be back with more weather updates later in the day, I hope you have a great Thursday wherever you happen to be spending it. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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